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package org.apache.metamodel.schema.builder;
import org.apache.metamodel.convert.DocumentConverter;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableSchema;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Schema;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Table;
/**
* Component that builds {@link Schema} objects.
*/
public interface SchemaBuilder {
/**
* Offers a {@link DocumentSourceProvider} to the {@link SchemaBuilder}. The
* {@link SchemaBuilder} may consume the sources to build/detect a schema
* based on the observed documents in the sources. It may also choose to
* ignore the source, if the it does not need it.
*
* @param documentSourceProvider
*/
public void offerSources(DocumentSourceProvider documentSourceProvider);
/**
* Builds the {@link Schema}
*
* @return
*/
public MutableSchema build();
/**
* Gets a {@link DocumentConverter} for a table in the produced schema
*
* @return
*/
public DocumentConverter getDocumentConverter(Table table);
/**
* Gets the name of the schema that is built / will be built.
*
* @return
*/
public String getSchemaName();
}