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#pragma once

#include <drizzled/common_fwd.h>

namespace drizzled {
namespace optimizer {

/**
 * @class AccessMethod
 * @brief Represents an access method
 */
class AccessMethod
{
public:
  typedef boost::shared_ptr<AccessMethod> ptr;

  virtual ~AccessMethod() {}

  /**
   * Retrieve statistics relelvant to this access method.
   *
   * @param[in] table
   * @param[in] join_tab
   * @return true on failure; false on success
   */
  virtual void getStats(Table&, JoinTable&)= 0;
};

} /* end namespace optimizer */
} /* end namespace drizzled */