| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2011 Oracle. All rights reserved. |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution |
| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.jaxb.core.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.common.core.resource.java.JavaResourceType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a JAXB class. |
| * <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. |
| * |
| * @version 3.0 |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface JaxbClass |
| extends JaxbType, XmlAccessTypeHolder, XmlAccessOrderHolder { |
| |
| /** |
| * covariant override |
| */ |
| JavaResourceType getJavaResourceType(); |
| |
| JaxbClass getSuperClass(); |
| String SUPER_CLASS_PROPERTY = "superClass"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the persistent type's "persistence" inheritance hierarchy, |
| * <em>including</em> the persistent type itself. |
| * The returned iterator will return elements infinitely if the hierarchy |
| * has a loop. This includes classes annotated with @XmlTransient. |
| */ |
| Iterable<JaxbClass> getInheritanceHierarchy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the persistent type's "persistence" inheritance hierarchy, |
| * <em>excluding</em> the persistent type itself. |
| * The returned iterator will return elements infinitely if the hierarchy |
| * has a loop. This includes classes annotated with @XmlTransient. |
| */ |
| Iterable<JaxbClass> getAncestors(); |
| |
| } |