View

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public interface View
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Interface for view definition.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ViewVersion`	`currentVersion()`	Get the current version for this view, or null if there are no versions.
`java.util.List<ViewHistoryEntry>`	`history()`	Get the version history of this table.
`java.lang.String`	`name()`
`java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>`	`properties()`	Return a map of string properties for this view.
`Schema`	`schema()`	Return the `schema` for this view.
`java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,Schema>`	`schemas()`	Return a map of `schema` for this view.
`UpdateViewProperties`	`updateProperties()`	Create a new `UpdateViewProperties` to update view properties.
`ViewVersion`	`version(int versionId)`	Get a version in this view by ID.
`java.lang.Iterable<ViewVersion>`	`versions()`	Get the versions of this view.

- Method Detail
  - name
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java.lang.String name()
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  - schema
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Schema schema()
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    Return the schema for this view.
    
    Returns:
    
    this table's schema
  - schemas
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java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,Schema> schemas()
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    Return a map of schema for this view.
    
    Returns:
    
    this table's schema map
  - currentVersion
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ViewVersion currentVersion()
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    Get the current version for this view, or null if there are no versions.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current view version.
  - versions
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java.lang.Iterable<ViewVersion> versions()
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    Get the versions of this view.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterable of versions of this view.
  - version
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ViewVersion version(int versionId)
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    Get a version in this view by ID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    versionId - version ID
    
    Returns:
    
    a version, or null if the ID cannot be found
  - history
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java.util.List<ViewHistoryEntry> history()
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    Get the version history of this table.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of ViewHistoryEntry
  - properties
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java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> properties()
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    Return a map of string properties for this view.
    
    Returns:
    
    this view's properties map
  - updateProperties
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UpdateViewProperties updateProperties()
```
    Create a new UpdateViewProperties to update view properties.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new UpdateViewProperties