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package org.teiid.couchbase;

import org.teiid.resource.api.Connection;
import org.teiid.translator.TranslatorException;

import com.couchbase.client.java.query.N1qlQueryResult;

/**
 * The Logical Hierarchy of a Couchbase cluster looks
 * <pre>
 *   Namespaces
 *       └── Keyspaces
 *              └──Documents
 * </pre>
 * A Keyspace is a set of JSON documents that may vary in structure, use a
 * self-describing format, flexible Data Model, dynamic schemas.
 *
 * A {@code CouchbaseConnection} is a connection to a specific Couchbase Namespace,
 * build upon Couchbase N1QL, used to handle application-level operations
 * (SELECT/UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE) against the documents under a specific
 * Couchbase Namespace.
 *
 * @author kylin
 *
 */
public interface CouchbaseConnection extends Connection {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the  Namespace
     * @return
     */
    String getNamespace();

    /**
     * Executes the given N1QL statement, which returns a single <code>N1qlQueryResult</code>
     * object.
     *
     * @param statement Any N1QL statement, like Insert, Select, Update, Delete, etc.
     * @return
     */
    N1qlQueryResult execute(String statement) throws TranslatorException;
}
