com.google.cloud.bigquery

Class ViewDefinition

java.lang.Object

com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition

com.google.cloud.bigquery.ViewDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ViewDefinition
extends TableDefinition

Google BigQuery view table definition. BigQuery's views are logical views, not materialized views, which means that the query that defines the view is re-executed every time the view is queried.

See Also:

Views, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ViewDefinition.Builder

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition

TableDefinition.Type

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ViewDefinition.Builder	builder(String query) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
static ViewDefinition.Builder	builder(String query, List<UserDefinedFunction> functions) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
static ViewDefinition.Builder	builder(String query, UserDefinedFunction... functions) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	hashCode()
static ViewDefinition	of(String query) Creates a BigQuery view definition given the query used to generate the table.
static ViewDefinition	of(String query, List<UserDefinedFunction> functions) Creates a BigQuery view definition given a query and some user-defined functions.
static ViewDefinition	of(String query, UserDefinedFunction... functions) Creates a BigQuery view definition given a query and some user-defined functions.
String	query() Returns the query used to create the view.
ViewDefinition.Builder	toBuilder() Returns a builder for the ViewInfo object.
List<UserDefinedFunction>	userDefinedFunctions() Returns user defined functions that can be used by query().

Methods inherited from class com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition

schema, toString, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

query

public String query()

Returns the query used to create the view.

userDefinedFunctions

public List<UserDefinedFunction> userDefinedFunctions()

Returns user defined functions that can be used by query(). Returns null if not set.

See Also:

User-Defined Functions

toBuilder

public ViewDefinition.Builder toBuilder()

Returns a builder for the ViewInfo object.

Specified by:

toBuilder in class TableDefinition

equals

public final boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

builder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder builder(String query)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the view

builder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder builder(String query,
                             List<UserDefinedFunction> functions)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the table

functions - user-defined functions that can be used by the query

builder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder builder(String query,
                             UserDefinedFunction... functions)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the table

functions - user-defined functions that can be used by the query

of

public static ViewDefinition of(String query)

Creates a BigQuery view definition given the query used to generate the table.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the table

of

public static ViewDefinition of(String query,
                List<UserDefinedFunction> functions)

Creates a BigQuery view definition given a query and some user-defined functions.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the table

functions - user-defined functions that can be used by the query

of

public static ViewDefinition of(String query,
                UserDefinedFunction... functions)

Creates a BigQuery view definition given a query and some user-defined functions.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the table

functions - user-defined functions that can be used by the query