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// Author Ewout Prangsma
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package driver

import (
	"context"
)

// View provides access to the information of a view.
// Views are only available in ArangoDB 3.4 and higher.
type View interface {
	// Name returns the name of the view.
	Name() string

	// Type returns the type of this view.
	Type() ViewType

	// ArangoSearchView returns this view as an ArangoSearch view.
	// When the type of the view is not ArangoSearch, an error is returned.
	ArangoSearchView() (ArangoSearchView, error)

	// ArangoSearchViewAlias returns this view as an ArangoSearch view alias.
	// When the type of the view is not ArangoSearch alias, an error is returned.
	ArangoSearchViewAlias() (ArangoSearchViewAlias, error)

	// Database returns the database containing the view.
	Database() Database

	// Rename renames the view (SINGLE server only).
	Rename(ctx context.Context, newName string) error

	// Remove removes the entire view.
	// If the view does not exist, a NotFoundError is returned.
	Remove(ctx context.Context) error
}