} // getSchemaByNameInternal()

        private Schema getInformationSchema()
        {
            // Create schema
            MutableSchema informationSchema  = new MutableSchema(INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME);
            MutableTable  tablesTable        = new MutableTable("tables", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);
            MutableTable  columnsTable       = new MutableTable("columns", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);
            MutableTable  relationshipsTable = new MutableTable("relationships", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);

            informationSchema.addTable(tablesTable).addTable(columnsTable).addTable(relationshipsTable);

            // Create "tables" table: name, type, num_columns, remarks
            tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("name", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 0, false));
            tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("type", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 1, true));
            tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("num_columns", ColumnTypeConstants.INTEGER, tablesTable, 2, true));
            tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("remarks", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 3, true));

            // Create "columns" table: name, type, native_type, size, nullable,
            // indexed, table, remarks
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("name", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 0, false));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("type", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 1, true));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("native_type", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 2, true));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("size", ColumnTypeConstants.INTEGER, columnsTable, 3, true));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("nullable", ColumnTypeConstants.BOOLEAN, columnsTable, 4, true));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("indexed", ColumnTypeConstants.BOOLEAN, columnsTable, 5, true));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("table", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 6, false));
            columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("remarks", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 7, true));

            // Create "relationships" table: primary_table, primary_column,
            // foreign_table, foreign_column
            relationshipsTable
            .addColumn(new MutableColumn("primary_table", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 0, false));
            relationshipsTable
            .addColumn(new MutableColumn("primary_column", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 1, false));
            relationshipsTable
            .addColumn(new MutableColumn("foreign_table", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 2, false));
            relationshipsTable
            .addColumn(new MutableColumn("foreign_column", ColumnTypeConstants.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 3, false));

            MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                                                   columnsTable.getColumnByName("table"));
            MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                                                   relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("primary_table"));
            MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                                                   relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("foreign_table"));
            MutableRelationship.createRelationship(columnsTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                                                   relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("primary_column"));
            MutableRelationship.createRelationship(columnsTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                                                   relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("foreign_column"));

            return(informationSchema);
        } // getInformationSchema()
        // @Override
        public MutableTable buildTable()
        {
            int tableObservations = getObservationCount();

            // sort column names by copying them to a TreeSet
            HashSet <String> columnNames = new HashSet <String>(_columnBuilders.Keys);  // new TreeSet<String>(_columnBuilders.keySet());

            MutableTable table        = new MutableTable(_tableName);
            int          columnNumber = 0;

            foreach (String columnName in columnNames)
            {
                InferentialColumnBuilder columnBuilder = (InferentialColumnBuilder)getColumnBuilder(columnName);
                MutableColumn            column        = columnBuilder.build();
                column.setTable(table);
                column.setColumnNumber(columnNumber);

                int columnObservations = columnBuilder.getObservationCount();
                if (tableObservations > columnObservations)
                {
                    // there may be nulls - some records does not even contain the
                    // column
                    column.setNullable(true);
                }

                table.addColumn(column);

                columnNumber++;
            }

            return(table);
        }
        // @Override
        public MutableSchema build()
        {
            MutableSchema schema = new MutableSchema(_schemaName);
            MutableTable  table  = new MutableTable(_tableName, schema);

            table.addColumn(new MutableColumn(_columnName, ColumnTypeConstants.MAP, table, 1, null, null, false, null, false, null));
            schema.addTable(table);
            return(schema);
        }
        } // toString()()

        /**
         * Creates a {@link MutableTable} based on this {@link SimpleTableDef}. Note
         * that the created table will not have any schema set.
         * 
         * @return a table representation of this table definition.
         */
        public MutableTable toTable()
        {
            String       name        = getName();
            String[]     columnNames = getColumnNames();
            ColumnType[] columnTypes = getColumnTypes();

            MutableTable table = new MutableTable(name, TableType.TABLE);

            for (int i = 0; i < columnNames.Length; i++)
            {
                table.addColumn(new MutableColumn(columnNames[i], columnTypes[i], table, i, true));
            }
            return table;
        } // toTable()