# Delete.java

    package org.codefilarete.stalactite.sql.order;

    import java.util.Set;

    import org.codefilarete.stalactite.query.api.CriteriaChain;
    import org.codefilarete.stalactite.query.model.Where;
    import org.codefilarete.stalactite.sql.ddl.structure.Column;
    import org.codefilarete.stalactite.sql.ddl.structure.Table;
    import org.codefilarete.tool.collection.KeepOrderSet;

    /**
     * A fluent way of writing a SQL delete clause by leveraging {@link Column} : conditions can only be set through it.
     * It handles multi table deletion by allowing to add columns coming from different tables, but it is up to caller to join them correctly as
     * he would do for standard SQL, because no check is done by this class nor by {@link DeleteCommandBuilder}
     *
     * @author Guillaume Mary
     * @see DeleteCommandBuilder
     */
    public class Delete<T extends Table<T>> {

    	/** Main table of values to delete */
    	private final T targetTable;

    	private final Set<PlaceholderVariable<?, T>> row = new KeepOrderSet<>();

    	private final CriteriaChain<?> criteria;

    	public Delete(T targetTable) {
    		this(targetTable, new Where());
    	}

    	public Delete(T targetTable, CriteriaChain<?> where) {
    		this.targetTable = targetTable;
    		this.criteria = where;
    	}

    	public T getTargetTable() {
    		return targetTable;
    	}

    	public Set<PlaceholderVariable<?, T>> getRow() {
    		return row;
    	}

    	public CriteriaChain<?> getCriteria() {
    		return criteria;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Sets the value of a named parameter.
    	 *
    	 * @param paramName placeholder name
    	 * @param value the value of the placeholder
    	 * @return this
    	 * @param <O> value type, expected to be compatible with the placeholder one
    	 */
    	public <O> Delete<T> set(String paramName, O value) {
    		this.row.add(new PlaceholderVariable<>(paramName, value));
    		return this;
    	}
    }