datafusion_catalog/schema.rs
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18//! Describes the interface and built-in implementations of schemas,
19//! representing collections of named tables.
20
21use async_trait::async_trait;
22use datafusion_common::{DataFusionError, exec_err};
23use std::any::Any;
24use std::fmt::Debug;
25use std::sync::Arc;
26
27use crate::table::TableProvider;
28use datafusion_common::Result;
29use datafusion_expr::TableType;
30
31/// Represents a schema, comprising a number of named tables.
32///
33/// Please see [`CatalogProvider`] for details of implementing a custom catalog.
34///
35/// [`CatalogProvider`]: super::CatalogProvider
36#[async_trait]
37pub trait SchemaProvider: Any + Debug + Sync + Send {
38 /// Returns the owner of the Schema, default is None. This value is reported
39 /// as part of `information_tables.schemata
40 fn owner_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
41 None
42 }
43
44 /// Retrieves the list of available table names in this schema.
45 fn table_names(&self) -> Vec<String>;
46
47 /// Retrieves a specific table from the schema by name, if it exists,
48 /// otherwise returns `None`.
49 async fn table(
50 &self,
51 name: &str,
52 ) -> Result<Option<Arc<dyn TableProvider>>, DataFusionError>;
53
54 /// Retrieves the type of a specific table from the schema by name, if it exists, otherwise
55 /// returns `None`. Implementations for which this operation is cheap but [Self::table] is
56 /// expensive can override this to improve operations that only need the type, e.g.
57 /// `SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables`.
58 async fn table_type(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Option<TableType>> {
59 self.table(name).await.map(|o| o.map(|t| t.table_type()))
60 }
61
62 /// If supported by the implementation, adds a new table named `name` to
63 /// this schema.
64 ///
65 /// If a table of the same name was already registered, returns "Table
66 /// already exists" error.
67 #[expect(unused_variables)]
68 fn register_table(
69 &self,
70 name: String,
71 table: Arc<dyn TableProvider>,
72 ) -> Result<Option<Arc<dyn TableProvider>>> {
73 exec_err!("schema provider does not support registering tables")
74 }
75
76 /// If supported by the implementation, removes the `name` table from this
77 /// schema and returns the previously registered [`TableProvider`], if any.
78 ///
79 /// If no `name` table exists, returns Ok(None).
80 #[expect(unused_variables)]
81 fn deregister_table(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Option<Arc<dyn TableProvider>>> {
82 exec_err!("schema provider does not support deregistering tables")
83 }
84
85 /// Returns true if table exist in the schema provider, false otherwise.
86 fn table_exist(&self, name: &str) -> bool;
87}
88
89impl dyn SchemaProvider {
90 /// Returns `true` if the schema provider is of type `T`.
91 ///
92 /// Prefer this over `downcast_ref::<T>().is_some()`. Works correctly when
93 /// called on `Arc<dyn SchemaProvider>` via auto-deref.
94 pub fn is<T: SchemaProvider>(&self) -> bool {
95 (self as &dyn Any).is::<T>()
96 }
97
98 /// Attempts to downcast this schema provider to a concrete type `T`,
99 /// returning `None` if the provider is not of that type.
100 ///
101 /// Works correctly when called on `Arc<dyn SchemaProvider>` via auto-deref,
102 /// unlike `(&arc as &dyn Any).downcast_ref::<T>()` which would attempt to
103 /// downcast the `Arc` itself.
104 pub fn downcast_ref<T: SchemaProvider>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
105 (self as &dyn Any).downcast_ref()
106 }
107}