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package org.apache.metamodel.insert;
import org.apache.metamodel.DataContext;
import org.apache.metamodel.MetaModelException;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.Row;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.RowBuilder;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Table;
/**
* Builder object for row insertion, into a {@link Table}.
*/
public interface RowInsertionBuilder extends RowBuilder<RowInsertionBuilder> {
/**
* Gets the table that this insert pertains to.
*
* @return the table that this insert pertains to.
*/
@Override
public Table getTable();
/**
* Sets all values like the provided row (for easy duplication of a row).
*
* @param row
* the row from which to take values
* @return the builder itself
*/
public RowInsertionBuilder like(Row row);
/**
* Commits the row insertion operation. This operation will write the row to
* the {@link DataContext}.
*
* @throws MetaModelException
* if the operation was rejected
*/
public void execute() throws MetaModelException;
/**
* Gets a SQL representation of this insert operation. Note that the
* generated SQL is dialect agnostic, so it is not accurately the same as
* what will be passed to a potential backing database.
*
* @return a SQL representation of this insert operation.
*/
public String toSql();
}