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/*
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SchemaCrawler
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Copyright (c) 2000-2020, Sualeh Fatehi .
All rights reserved.
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*/

package schemacrawler.schema;


import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Represents a view in the database.
 *
 * @author Sualeh Fatehi
 */
public interface View
  extends Table
{

  /**
   * Type of WITH CHECK OPTION. Is CASCADE if the original view was created by
   * using the WITH CHECK OPTION. Otherwise, NONE is returned.
   *
   * @return Check option.
   */
  CheckOptionType getCheckOption();

  /**
   * Specifies whether the view is updatable.
   *
   * @return Whether the view is updatable.
   */
  boolean isUpdatable();

  /**
   * Gets tables used by the view.
   *
   * @return Tables used by the view
   */
  Collection getTableUsage();

  /**
   * Gets a referenced table by unqualified name.
   *
   * @param name
   *   Name
   * @return Referenced table.
   */
   Optional lookupTable(Schema schema, String name);

}