5 // Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Jiri Moudry, Pascal Craponne
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27 namespace DbLinq.Vendor
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30 /// Represents aliases for table names or types.
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31 /// Depending on the implementation, search maybe case insensitive or schema insensitive
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36 interface INameAliases
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39 /// Returns a type name for a given table.
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41 /// <param name="table">The table to look for</param>
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42 /// <param name="schema">An optional schema (or null)</param>
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43 /// <returns>Type name or null if no alias found</returns>
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44 string GetTableTypeAlias(string table, string schema);
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46 /// Returns a member name for a given table (used by the main database classes).
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48 /// <param name="table">The table to look for</param>
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49 /// <param name="schema">An optional schema (or null)</param>
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50 /// <returns>Member name or null if no alias found</returns>
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51 string GetTableMemberAlias(string table, string schema);
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53 /// Returns a member name for a given column.
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55 /// <param name="column">Column name</param>
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56 /// <param name="table">The table to look for (parameter may be ignored depending on implementation)</param>
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57 /// <param name="schema">An optional schema (or null)</param>
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58 /// <returns>Member name or null if no alias found</returns>
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59 string GetColumnMemberAlias(string column, string table, string schema);
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61 /// Returns a member type for a given column.
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62 /// Please note that DbLinq may not handle correctly the forced type
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64 /// <param name="column">Column name</param>
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65 /// <param name="table">The table to look for (parameter may be ignored depending on implementation)</param>
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66 /// <param name="schema">An optional schema (or null)</param>
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67 /// <returns>Member type or null if no alias found</returns>
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68 string GetColumnForcedType(string column, string table, string schema);
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70 string GetDatabaseNameAlias(string databaseName);
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71 string GetClassNameAlias(string className);
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