TableBuilder.java

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package org.apache.metamodel.schema.builder;

import org.apache.metamodel.data.DocumentSource;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Column;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableTable;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Table;

/**
 * Component that builds {@link Table} objects.
 */
public interface TableBuilder {

    /**
     * Offers a {@link DocumentSource} to the {@link TableBuilder}. The
     * {@link TableBuilder} may consume the source to build/detect a table based
     * on the observed documents in the source. It may also choose to ignore the
     * source, if the it does not need it.
     * 
     * @param documentSource
     */
    public void offerSource(DocumentSource documentSource);

    /**
     * Gets the {@link ColumnBuilder} of a named {@link Column} in the table.
     * 
     * @param columnName
     * @return
     */
    public ColumnBuilder getColumnBuilder(String columnName);

    /**
     * Builds the {@link Table}
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public MutableTable buildTable();
}