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| package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * "Mapped by" relationship strategy |
| * <p> |
| * 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. |
| * |
| * @see RelationshipMapping |
| * @see MappedByRelationship |
| * |
| * @version 2.2 |
| * @since 2.2 |
| */ |
| public interface MappedByRelationshipStrategy |
| extends RelationshipStrategy |
| { |
| void initializeFrom(MappedByRelationshipStrategy oldStrategy); |
| |
| /** |
| * String associated with changes to the attribute property of this object |
| */ |
| String MAPPED_BY_ATTRIBUTE_PROPERTY = "mappedByAttribute"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the name of the attribute that maps the relationship. |
| */ |
| String getMappedByAttribute(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the name of the attribute that maps the relationship. |
| */ |
| void setMappedByAttribute(String attribute); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the possible attribute names the strategy might use. |
| */ |
| Iterator<String> candidateMappedByAttributeNames(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether this strategy's relationship is owned by the given other |
| * relationship mapping |
| */ |
| boolean relationshipIsOwnedBy(RelationshipMapping otherMapping); |
| } |