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  package org.apache.calcite.sql;
  
  import java.sql.Connection;
  import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
  
  /**
   * Creates a <code>SqlDialect</code> appropriate
   * for a given database metadata object.
   */
  public interface SqlDialectFactory {
  
    /**
     * Creates a <code>SqlDialect</code> from a DatabaseMetaData.
     *
     * <p>Does not maintain a reference to the DatabaseMetaData -- or, more
     * importantly, to its {@link Connection} -- after this call has
     * returned.
     *
     * @param databaseMetaData used to determine which dialect of SQL to
     *                         generate
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException if there was an error creating the dialect
     */
    SqlDialect create(DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData);
  
  }
  