```
public interface Meta
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A wrapping object for DatabaseMetaData or for other sources of database meta information (e.g. InformationSchema)
This object can be obtained through DSLContext.meta() in order to provide convenient access to your database meta data. This abstraction has two purposes:
1. To increase API convenience, as no checked SQLException is thrown, only the unchecked DataAccessException
2. To increase API convenience, as the returned objects are always jOOQ objects, not JDBC ResultSet objects with hard-to-remember API constraints
Author:

Lukas Eder

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Catalog`	`getCatalog(java.lang.String name)`	Get a catalog object by name from the underlying meta data source, or `null` if no such object exists.
`Catalog`	`getCatalog(Name name)`	Get a catalog object by name from the underlying meta data source, or `null` if no such object exists.
`java.util.List<Catalog>`	`getCatalogs()`	Get all catalog objects from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<UniqueKey<?>>`	`getPrimaryKeys()`	Get all primary keys from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Schema>`	`getSchemas()`	Get all schema objects from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Schema>`	`getSchemas(java.lang.String name)`	Get all schema objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Schema>`	`getSchemas(Name name)`	Get all schema objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Sequence<?>>`	`getSequences()`	Get all sequence objects from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Sequence<?>>`	`getSequences(java.lang.String name)`	Get all sequence objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Sequence<?>>`	`getSequences(Name name)`	Get all sequence objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Table<?>>`	`getTables()`	Get all table objects from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Table<?>>`	`getTables(java.lang.String name)`	Get all table objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
`java.util.List<Table<?>>`	`getTables(Name name)`	Get all table objects by name from the underlying meta data source.

- Method Detail
  - getCatalogs
```
@Support
java.util.List<Catalog> getCatalogs()
                             throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all catalog objects from the underlying meta data source.
    For those databases that don't really support JDBC meta data catalogs, a single empty catalog (named "") will be returned. In other words, there is always at least one catalog in a database.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getCatalog
```
@Support
Catalog getCatalog(java.lang.String name)
            throws DataAccessException
```
    Get a catalog object by name from the underlying meta data source, or null if no such object exists.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getCatalog
```
@Support
Catalog getCatalog(Name name)
            throws DataAccessException
```
    Get a catalog object by name from the underlying meta data source, or null if no such object exists.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSchemas
```
@Support
java.util.List<Schema> getSchemas()
                           throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all schema objects from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSchemas
```
@Support
java.util.List<Schema> getSchemas(java.lang.String name)
                           throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all schema objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSchemas
```
@Support
java.util.List<Schema> getSchemas(Name name)
                           throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all schema objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getTables
```
@Support
java.util.List<Table<?>> getTables()
                            throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all table objects from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getTables
```
@Support
java.util.List<Table<?>> getTables(java.lang.String name)
                            throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all table objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getTables
```
@Support
java.util.List<Table<?>> getTables(Name name)
                            throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all table objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSequences
```
@Support({AURORA_POSTGRES,CUBRID,DB2,DERBY,FIREBIRD,H2,HANA,HSQLDB,INFORMIX,INGRES,ORACLE,POSTGRES,SQLSERVER2012,SYBASE})
java.util.List<Sequence<?>> getSequences()
                                  throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all sequence objects from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSequences
```
@Support({AURORA_POSTGRES,CUBRID,DB2,DERBY,FIREBIRD,H2,HANA,HSQLDB,INFORMIX,INGRES,ORACLE,POSTGRES,SQLSERVER2012,SYBASE})
java.util.List<Sequence<?>> getSequences(java.lang.String name)
                                  throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all sequence objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getSequences
```
@Support({AURORA_POSTGRES,CUBRID,DB2,DERBY,FIREBIRD,H2,HANA,HSQLDB,INFORMIX,INGRES,ORACLE,POSTGRES,SQLSERVER2012,SYBASE})
java.util.List<Sequence<?>> getSequences(Name name)
                                  throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all sequence objects by name from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects
  - getPrimaryKeys
```
@Support
java.util.List<UniqueKey<?>> getPrimaryKeys()
                                     throws DataAccessException
```
    Get all primary keys from the underlying meta data source.
    
    Throws:
    
    DataAccessException - If something went wrong fetching the meta objects

Interface Meta

Method Summary

Method Detail

getCatalogs

getCatalog

getCatalog

getSchemas

getSchemas

getSchemas

getTables

getTables

getTables

getSequences

getSequences

getSequences

getPrimaryKeys