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package org.teiid.metadata;
import org.teiid.translator.TranslatorException;
/**
* Helper methods that can be used to access runtime metadata.
*/
public interface RuntimeMetadata {
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @param fullName
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Table getTable(String fullName) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Table getTable(String schema, String name) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @param fullName
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Column getColumn(String fullName) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Column getColumn(String schema, String table, String name) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @param fullName
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Procedure getProcedure(String fullName) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Look up an object by identifier
* @return The object or throws a {@link TranslatorException} if the object cannot be found
*/
Procedure getProcedure(String schema, String name) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Gets the contents of a VDB resource in binary form.
* @param resourcePath a path returned by getVDBResourcePaths()
* @return the binary contents of the resource in a byte[]
* @throws TranslatorException if the operation fails
* @since 4.3
*/
public byte[] getBinaryVDBResource(String resourcePath) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Gets the contents of a VDB resource as a String.
* @param resourcePath a path returned by getVDBResourcePaths()
* @return the contents of the resource as a String of characters
* @throws TranslatorException if the operation fails
* @since 4.3
*/
public String getCharacterVDBResource(String resourcePath) throws TranslatorException;
/**
* Gets the resource paths of all the resources in the VDB.
* @return an array of resource paths of the resources in the VDB
* @throws TranslatorException if the operation fails
* @since 4.3
*/
public String[] getVDBResourcePaths() throws TranslatorException;
}