ViewMetadata (Java driver for Scylla and Apache Cassandra(R) - core 4.19.2.2-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Describable, RelationMetadata

All Known Subinterfaces:

DseViewMetadata
```
public interface ViewMetadata
extends RelationMetadata
```
A materialized view in the schema metadata.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default String`	`describe(boolean pretty)`	Returns a single CQL statement that creates the element.
`default String`	`describeWithChildren(boolean pretty)`	Returns a CQL script that creates the element and all of its children.
`CqlIdentifier`	`getBaseTable()`	The table that this view is based on.
`Optional<String>`	`getWhereClause()`
`boolean`	`includesAllColumns()`	Whether this view does a `SELECT *` on its base table (this only affects the output of `describe(boolean)`).

Methods inherited from interface com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.metadata.schema.RelationMetadata
getClusteringColumns, getColumn, getColumn, getColumns, getId, getKeyspace, getName, getOptions, getPartitionKey, getPrimaryKey

- Method Detail
  - getBaseTable
```
@NonNull
CqlIdentifier getBaseTable()
```
    The table that this view is based on.
  - includesAllColumns
```
boolean includesAllColumns()
```
    Whether this view does a SELECT * on its base table (this only affects the output of describe(boolean)).
  - getWhereClause
```
@NonNull
Optional<String> getWhereClause()
```
  - describe
```
@NonNull
default String describe(boolean pretty)
```
    Description copied from interface: Describable
    
    Returns a single CQL statement that creates the element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    describe in interface Describable
    
    Parameters:
    
    pretty - if true, make the output more human-readable (line breaks, indents, and pretty identifiers). If false, return the statement on a single line with minimal formatting.
  - describeWithChildren
```
@NonNull
default String describeWithChildren(boolean pretty)
```
    Description copied from interface: Describable
    
    Returns a CQL script that creates the element and all of its children. For example: a schema with its tables, materialized views, types, etc. A table with its indices.
    
    Specified by:
    
    describeWithChildren in interface Describable
    
    Parameters:
    
    pretty - if true, make the output more human-readable (line breaks, indents, and pretty identifiers). If false, return each statement on a single line with minimal formatting.