TableMacro (Apache Calcite API)

All Superinterfaces:

Function

All Known Implementing Classes:

MaterializedViewTable.MaterializedViewTableMacro, ReflectiveSchema.MethodTableMacro, TableMacroImpl, ViewTableMacro
```
public interface TableMacro
extends Function
```
Function that returns a Table.
As the name "macro" implies, this is invoked at "compile time", that is, during query preparation. Compile-time expansion of table expressions allows for some very powerful query-optimizations.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TranslatableTable`	`apply(java.util.List<java.lang.Object> arguments)`	Applies arguments to yield a table.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.calcite.schema.Function
getParameters

- Method Detail
  - apply
```
TranslatableTable apply(java.util.List<java.lang.Object> arguments)
```
    Applies arguments to yield a table.
    
    Parameters:
    
    arguments - Arguments
    
    Returns:
    
    Table