ViewBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

VersionBuilder<ViewBuilder>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseMetastoreViewCatalog.BaseViewBuilder
```
public interface ViewBuilder
extends VersionBuilder<ViewBuilder>
```
A builder used to create or replace a SQL View.
Call ViewCatalog.buildView(org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier) to create a new builder.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`View`	`create()`	Create the view.
`View`	`createOrReplace()`	Create or replace the view.
`View`	`replace()`	Replace the view.
`default ViewBuilder`	`withLocation(java.lang.String location)`	Sets a location for the view
`ViewBuilder`	`withProperties(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> properties)`	Add key/value properties to the view.
`ViewBuilder`	`withProperty(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value)`	Add a key/value property to the view.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.view.VersionBuilder
withDefaultCatalog, withDefaultNamespace, withQuery, withSchema

- Method Detail
  - withProperties
```
ViewBuilder withProperties(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> properties)
```
    Add key/value properties to the view.
    
    Parameters:
    
    properties - key/value properties
    
    Returns:
    
    this for method chaining
  - withProperty
```
ViewBuilder withProperty(java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.String value)
```
    Add a key/value property to the view.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - a key
    
    value - a value
    
    Returns:
    
    this for method chaining
  - withLocation
```
default ViewBuilder withLocation(java.lang.String location)
```
    Sets a location for the view
    
    Parameters:
    
    location - the location to set for the view
    
    Returns:
    
    this for method chaining
  - create
```
View create()
```
    Create the view.
    
    Returns:
    
    the view created
  - replace
```
View replace()
```
    Replace the view.
    
    Returns:
    
    the View replaced
  - createOrReplace
```
View createOrReplace()
```
    Create or replace the view.
    
    Returns:
    
    the View created or replaced