Class ViewDefinition (2.55.2)

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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

Inheritance

java.lang.Object > TableDefinition > ViewDefinition

Inherited Members

TableDefinition.getSchema()

TableDefinition.getType()

TableDefinition.toBuilder()

Object.clone()

Object.equals(Object)

Object.finalize()

Object.getClass()

Object.hashCode()

Object.notify()

Object.notifyAll()

Object.toString()

Object.wait()

Object.wait(long)

Object.wait(long,int)

Static Methods

newBuilder(String query)

public static ViewDefinition.Builder newBuilder(String query)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameter
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the view

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition.Builder

newBuilder(String query, UserDefinedFunction[] functions)

public static ViewDefinition.Builder newBuilder(String query, UserDefinedFunction[] functions)

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the table
functions	UserDefinedFunction[] user-defined functions that can be used by the query

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition.Builder

newBuilder(String query, List<UserDefinedFunction> functions)

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

Returns a builder for a BigQuery view definition.

Parameters
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the table
functions	List<UserDefinedFunction> user-defined functions that can be used by the query

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition.Builder

of(String query)

public static ViewDefinition of(String query)

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

Parameter
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the table

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition

of(String query, UserDefinedFunction[] functions)

public static ViewDefinition of(String query, UserDefinedFunction[] functions)

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

Parameters
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the table
functions	UserDefinedFunction[] user-defined functions that can be used by the query

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition

of(String query, List<UserDefinedFunction> functions)

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

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

Parameters
Name	Description
query	String the query used to generate the table
functions	List<UserDefinedFunction> user-defined functions that can be used by the query

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition

Constructors

ViewDefinition()

public ViewDefinition()

Methods

getQuery()

public abstract String getQuery()

Returns the query used to create the view.

Returns
Type	Description
String

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

Returns
Type	Description
List<UserDefinedFunction>

toBuilder()

public abstract ViewDefinition.Builder toBuilder()

Returns a builder for the ViewInfo object.

Returns
Type	Description
ViewDefinition.Builder

Overrides

TableDefinition.toBuilder()

useLegacySql()

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.

Returns
Type	Description
Boolean