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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2011 Oracle. All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.db;

/**
 * Database schema
 * <p>
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 */
public interface Schema
	extends DatabaseObject
{
	/**
	 * Return the schema's container; either a catalog or a database.
	 */
	SchemaContainer getContainer();


	// ********** tables **********

	/**
	 * Return the schema's tables.
	 */
	Iterable<Table> getTables();

	/**
	 * Return the number of tables the schema contains.
	 */
	int getTablesSize();

	/**
	 * Return the table with the specified name. The name must be an exact match
	 * of the table's name.
	 * @see #getTableForIdentifier(String)
	 */
	 Table getTableNamed(String name);

	/**
	 * Return the schema's table identifiers, sorted by name.
	 * @see #getTableForIdentifier(String)
	 */
	Iterable<String> getSortedTableIdentifiers();

	/**
	 * Return the table for the specified identifier. The identifier should
	 * be an SQL identifier (i.e. quoted when case-sensitive or containing
	 * special characters, unquoted otherwise).
	 * @see #getTableNamed(String)
	 * @see #getSortedTableIdentifiers()
	 */
	Table getTableForIdentifier(String identifier);


	// ********** sequences **********

	/**
	 * Return the schema's sequences.
	 */
	Iterable<Sequence> getSequences();

	/**
	 * Return the number of sequences the schema contains.
	 */
	int getSequencesSize();

	/**
	 * Return the sequence with the specified name. The name must be an exact match
	 * of the sequence's name.
	 * @see #getSequenceForIdentifier(String)
	 */
	Sequence getSequenceNamed(String name);

	/**
	 * Return the schema's sequence identifers, sorted by name.
	 * @see #getSequenceForIdentifier(String)
	 */
	Iterable<String> getSortedSequenceIdentifiers();

	/**
	 * Return the sequence for the specified identifier. The identifier should
	 * be an SQL identifier (i.e. quoted when case-sensitive or containing
	 * special characters, unquoted otherwise).
	 * @see #getSequenceNamed(String)
	 * @see #getSortedSequenceIdentifiers()
	 */
	Sequence getSequenceForIdentifier(String identifier);
}

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