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package com.mysql.cj.xdevapi;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A client-side representation of a database table. Provides access to the table through standard INSERT/SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE statements.
 */
public interface Table extends DatabaseObject {
    /**
     * Create an insert statement using the list of all columns in the table.
     * 
     * @return {@link InsertStatement}
     */
    InsertStatement insert();

    /**
     * Create an insert statement using the given list columns.
     * 
     * @param projection
     *            one or more projection expressions
     * @return {@link InsertStatement}
     */
    InsertStatement insert(String... projection);

    /**
     * Create an insert statement using the given key/value pairs.
     * 
     * @param fieldsAndValues
     *            table name-value pairs
     * @return {@link InsertStatement}
     */
    InsertStatement insert(Map<String, Object> fieldsAndValues);

    /**
     * Create a new select statement using the given projections.
     * 
     * @param projections
     *            one or more projection expressions
     * @return {@link SelectStatement}
     */
    SelectStatement select(String... projections);

    /**
     * Create a new update statement.
     * 
     * @return {@link UpdateStatement}
     */
    UpdateStatement update();

    /**
     * Create a new delete statement.
     * 
     * @return {@link DeleteStatement}
     */
    DeleteStatement delete();

    /**
     * Query the number of rows in this table.
     * 
     * @return Number of rows in this table
     */
    long count();

    /**
     * Check if the underlying object is a view or not.
     * 
     * @return true if this Table is a View
     */
    boolean isView();
}