com.google.cloud.bigquery

Class ViewDefinition

java.lang.Object

com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition

com.google.cloud.bigquery.ViewDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public abstract 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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ViewDefinition()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	getQuery() Returns the query used to create the view.
List<UserDefinedFunction>	getUserDefinedFunctions() Returns user defined functions that can be used by getQuery().
static ViewDefinition.Builder	newBuilder(String query) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
static ViewDefinition.Builder	newBuilder(String query, List<UserDefinedFunction> functions) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
static ViewDefinition.Builder	newBuilder(String query, UserDefinedFunction... functions) Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.
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.
abstract ViewDefinition.Builder	toBuilder() Returns a builder for the ViewInfo object.
Boolean	useLegacySql() Returns whether to use BigQuery's legacy SQL dialect for this query.

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

getSchema, getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ViewDefinition

public ViewDefinition()

Method Detail

getQuery

@Nullable
public abstract String getQuery()

Returns the query used to create the view.

getUserDefinedFunctions

public List<UserDefinedFunction> getUserDefinedFunctions()

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

See Also:

User-Defined Functions

useLegacySql

@Nullable
public Boolean useLegacySql()

Returns whether to use BigQuery's legacy SQL dialect for this query. By default this property is set to false. If set to false, the query will use BigQuery's Standard SQL. If set to null or true, legacy SQL dialect is used. This property is experimental and might be subject to change.

toBuilder

public abstract ViewDefinition.Builder toBuilder()

Returns a builder for the ViewInfo object.

Specified by:

toBuilder in class TableDefinition

newBuilder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder newBuilder(String query)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters:

query - the query used to generate the view

newBuilder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder newBuilder(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

newBuilder

public static ViewDefinition.Builder newBuilder(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