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package org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.sql;

import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PBegin;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.POutput;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.Row;

/** This interface defines a Beam Sql Table. */
public interface BeamSqlTable {
  /** create a {@code PCollection<Row>} from source. */
  PCollection<Row> buildIOReader(PBegin begin);

  /** create a {@code IO.write()} instance to write to target. */
  POutput buildIOWriter(PCollection<Row> input);

  /** Whether this table is bounded (known to be finite) or unbounded (may or may not be finite). */
  PCollection.IsBounded isBounded();

  /** Get the schema info of the table. */
  Schema getSchema();
}