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package scala.dbc
package statement


/** A reference to a table in the database.
  * @author Gilles Dubochet
  * @version 1.0 */
abstract class Table extends Relation {
  
  /** The name of the table in the database. */
  def tableName: String
  
  /** The name that the table will be called in the enclosing statement. */
  def tableRename: Option[String]
  
  /** A SQL-99 compliant string representation of the relation statement. */
  def sqlString: String = "SELECT * FROM " + tableName
  
  /** A SQL-99 compliant string representation of the relation sub-
    * statement. This only has a meaning inside a query. */
  def sqlInnerString: String =
    tableName + 
    (tableRename match {
      case None => ""
      case Some(rename) => " AS " + rename
    })

}
