add TableBuilder utility

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/jackcess/code/jackcess/trunk@287 f203690c-595d-4dc9-a70b-905162fa7fd2

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+// Copyright (c) 2008 Health Market Science, Inc.
+
+package com.healthmarketscience.jackcess;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Builder style class for constructing a Column.
+ *
+ * @author James Ahlborn
+ */
+public class TableBuilder {
+
+  /** name of the new table */
+  private String _name;
+  /** columns for the new table */
+  private List<Column> _columns = new ArrayList<Column>();
+  
+  public TableBuilder(String name) {
+    _name = name;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a Column to the new table.
+   */
+  public TableBuilder addColumn(Column column) {
+    _columns.add(column);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new Table in the given Database with the currently configured
+   * attributes.
+   */
+  public Table toTable(Database db)
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    db.createTable(_name, _columns);
+    return db.getTable(_name);
+  }
+  
+}