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#ifndef GUARD_SQLITE_VIEW_HPP_INCLUDED
#define GUARD_SQLITE_VIEW_HPP_INCLUDED
namespace sqlite{
    struct connection;
    /** \brief view is used to create views. In SQLite a view can only be 
      * queried. INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE will fail on a view
      */
    struct view
    {
    public:
        /** \brief constructor
          * \param con a reference to the connection object which should be used
          */
        view(connection & con);
        
        /** \brief destructor
          *
          */
        ~view();
        
        /** \brief creates a view
          * \param temporary if this parameter is true the view will be present
          * until drop will be called or the database was closed
          * \param alias the name of this view which should be used
          * \param sql_query the SQL statement which represents the view
          */
        void create(bool temporary, 
                    std::string const & alias, 
                    std::string const & sql_query);
        
        /** \brief creates a view
          * \param temporary if this parameter is true the view will be present
          * until drop will be called or the database was closed
          * \param database name of the database where the view should be 
          * created in
          * \param alias the name of this view which should be used
          * \param sql_query the SQL statement which represents the view
        */
        void create(bool temporary, 
                    std::string const & database,
                    std::string const & alias, 
                    std::string const & sql_query);
        
        /** \brief drops a view
          * \param alias name of the view which should be dropped
          */
        void drop(std::string const & alias);
        
        /** \brief drops a view
          * \param database name of the database where the view was created in
          * \param alias name of the view which should be dropped
          */
        void drop(std::string const & database, std::string const & alias);
    private:
        connection & m_con;
    };
}
#endif //GUARD_SQLITE_VIEW_HPP_INCLUDED

