Base class for Google BigQuery format options. These class define the format of external data
used by BigQuery, for either federated tables or load jobs.
Load jobs support the following formats: AVRO, CSV, DATASTORE_BACKUP, GOOGLE_SHEETS, JSON,
ORC, PARQUET
Federated tables can be defined against following formats: AVRO, BIGTABLE, CSV,
DATASTORE_BACKUP, GOOGLE_SHEETS, JSON
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These class define the format of external data\nused by BigQuery, for either federated tables or load jobs.\n\nLoad jobs support the following formats: AVRO, CSV, DATASTORE_BACKUP, GOOGLE_SHEETS, JSON,\nORC, PARQUET\n\nFederated tables can be defined against following formats: AVRO, BIGTABLE, CSV,\nDATASTORE_BACKUP, GOOGLE_SHEETS, JSON \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[Object](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html) \\\u003e FormatOptions \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[Serializable](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[Object.clone()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#clone--) \n[Object.equals(Object)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-) \n[Object.finalize()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#finalize--) \n[Object.getClass()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#getClass--) \n[Object.hashCode()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--) \n[Object.notify()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#notify--) \n[Object.notifyAll()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--) \n[Object.toString()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#toString--) \n[Object.wait()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait--) \n[Object.wait(long)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-) \n[Object.wait(long,int)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)\n\nStatic Methods\n--------------\n\n### avro()\n\n public static AvroOptions avro()\n\nDefault options for AVRO format.\n\n### bigtable()\n\n public static FormatOptions bigtable()\n\nDefault options for BIGTABLE format.\n\n### csv()\n\n public static CsvOptions csv()\n\nDefault options for CSV format.\n\n### datastoreBackup()\n\n public static FormatOptions datastoreBackup()\n\nDefault options for DATASTORE_BACKUP format.\n\n### googleSheets()\n\n public static FormatOptions googleSheets()\n\nDefault options for GOOGLE_SHEETS format.\n\n### iceberg()\n\n public static FormatOptions iceberg()\n\nDefault options for the Apache Iceberg table format.\n\n### json()\n\n public static FormatOptions json()\n\nDefault options for NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON format.\n\n### of(String format)\n\n public static FormatOptions of(String format)\n\nDefault options for the provided format.\n\n### orc()\n\n public static FormatOptions orc()\n\nDefault options for the ORC format.\n\n### parquet()\n\n public static FormatOptions parquet()\n\nDefault options for PARQUET format.\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### equals(Object obj)\n\n public boolean equals(Object obj)\n\n**Overrides** \n[Object.equals(Object)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-)\n\n### getType()\n\n public String getType()\n\nReturns the external data format, as a string.\n\n### hashCode()\n\n public int hashCode()\n\n**Overrides** \n[Object.hashCode()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--)\n\n### toString()\n\n public String toString()\n\n**Overrides** \n[Object.toString()](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#toString--)"]]
