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| * |
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| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.db; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * Database foreign key |
| * |
| * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still |
| * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching |
| * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from |
| * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API |
| * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves. |
| * |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface ForeignKey extends DatabaseObject { |
| |
| // ********** tables ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's "base" table. |
| */ |
| Table getBaseTable(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's "referenced" table. |
| */ |
| Table getReferencedTable(); |
| |
| |
| // ********** column pairs ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's column pairs. |
| */ |
| Iterator<ColumnPair> columnPairs(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the size of the foreign key's column pairs. |
| */ |
| int columnPairsSize(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's single column pair. Throw an |
| * IllegalStateException if the foreign key has more than one column pair. |
| */ |
| ColumnPair getColumnPair(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's "base" columns. |
| */ |
| Iterator<Column> baseColumns(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's "base" columns that are not part of the base |
| * table's primary key. (The non-primary key base columns are not used to |
| * generate basic attributes during entity generation.) |
| */ |
| Iterator<Column> nonPrimaryKeyBaseColumns(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the foreign key's "referenced" columns. |
| */ |
| Iterator<Column> referencedColumns(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether the foreign key references the primary key of the |
| * "referenced" table and that primary key has only a single column. |
| * This can be used when determining JPA defaults. |
| */ |
| boolean referencesSingleColumnPrimaryKey(); |
| |
| |
| // ********** JPA support ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Return an appropriate name for an attribute that holds the entity |
| * mapped to the foreign key's "referenced" table. |
| */ |
| String getAttributeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * If the name of the "base" column adheres to the JPA spec for a |
| * default mapping (i.e. it ends with an underscore followed by the name |
| * of the "referenced" column, and the "referenced" column is the single |
| * primary key column of the "referenced" table), return the corresponding |
| * default attribute name: |
| * ForeignKey(EMP.CUBICLE_ID => CUBICLE.ID) => "CUBICLE" |
| * Return a null if it does not adhere to the JPA spec: |
| * ForeignKey(EMP.CUBICLE_ID => CUBICLE.CUBICLE_ID) => null |
| * ForeignKey(EMP.CUBICLE => CUBICLE.ID) => null |
| */ |
| String getDefaultAttributeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Given the name of an attribute (field or property) that is mapped to the |
| * foreign key, |
| * build and return a string to be used as the value for the attribute's |
| * JoinColumn annotation's 'name' element. Return null if the attribute |
| * maps to the join column by default. |
| * Precondition: The foreign key consists of a single column pair whose |
| * referenced column is the single-column primary key of the foreign |
| * key's referenced table. |
| */ |
| String getJoinColumnAnnotationIdentifier(String attributeName); |
| |
| // ********** column pair interface ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Pair up the foreign key's column pairs, matching each "base" column with |
| * the appropriate "referenced" column. |
| * @see #columnPairs() |
| */ |
| interface ColumnPair { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the column pair's "base" column. |
| */ |
| Column getBaseColumn(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the column pair's "referenced" column. |
| */ |
| Column getReferencedColumn(); |
| |
| } |
| |
| } |