import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;

public class runGetTable {

public static void main(String[] args) {

//projectquickstart-323507.MY_DATASET_NAME.MY_TABLE_NAME2

String projectId = "projectquickstart-323507";

String dataSetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";

String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME2";

getTableInfo(projectId,dataSetName,tableName);

}

public static void getTableInfo(String projectId,String dataSetName,String tableName){

try{

//initialize big query client

BigQuery bigQuery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

TableId tableId = TableId.of(projectId,dataSetName,tableName);

Table table = bigQuery.getTable(tableId);

System.out.println("Table info:" + table.getDescription());

}catch (BigQueryException e){

System.out.println(" Table info not retrieved.\n"+e.toString());

}

}

}