/*
*
* SchemaCrawler
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
* Copyright (c) 2000-2012, Sualeh Fatehi.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
* of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
* without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
* See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package schemacrawler.schema;
/**
* Represents the database schema.
*
* @author Sualeh Fatehi
*/
public interface Schema
extends NamedObject
{
/**
* Gets the name of the catalog.
*
* @return Name of the catalog.
*/
String getCatalogName();
/**
* Gets the column data types defined in the schema, by name.
*
* @param name
* Name
* @return Column data types
*/
ColumnDataType getColumnDataType(String name);
/**
* Gets the column data types defined in the schema, by name.
*
* @return Column data types
*/
ColumnDataType[] getColumnDataTypes();
/**
* Gets a procedure by name.
*
* @param name
* Name
* @return Procedure.
*/
Procedure getProcedure(String name);
/**
* Gets the procedures.
*
* @return Procedures
*/
Procedure[] getProcedures();
/**
* Gets the name of the schema.
*
* @return Name of the schema.
*/
String getSchemaName();
/**
* Gets the synonym by name.
*
* @param name
* Name
* @return Synonym.
*/
Synonym getSynonym(String name);
/**
* Gets the synonyms.
*
* @return Synonyms
*/
Synonym[] getSynonyms();
/**
* Gets a table by name.
*
* @param name
* Name
* @return Table.
*/
Table getTable(String name);
/**
* Gets the tables.
*
* @return Tables
*/
Table[] getTables();
}