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| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.jpa2.context.java; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.java.JavaOverrideContainer; |
| |
| /** |
| * JPA 2.0 |
| * Java attribute or association override container |
| * <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. |
| */ |
| public interface JavaOverrideContainer2_0 |
| extends JavaOverrideContainer |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return a prefix (<em>without</em> the following <code>'.'</code>) |
| * that may be prepended to the override name. |
| * Return <code>null</code> if no prefix is supported. |
| * <p> |
| * JPA 2.0 supports the pre-defined prefixes |
| * <code>"value"</code> and <code>"key"</code>. |
| */ |
| // TODO better name? |
| String getPossiblePrefix(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the prefix (<em>without</em> the following <code>'.'</code>) |
| * to be prepended to the override name. |
| */ |
| // TODO better name? |
| String getWritePrefix(); |
| |
| |
| // ********** owner ********** |
| |
| interface Owner |
| extends JavaOverrideContainer.Owner |
| { |
| /** |
| * @see JavaOverrideContainer2_0#getPossiblePrefix() |
| */ |
| String getPossiblePrefix(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @see JavaOverrideContainer2_0#getWritePrefix() |
| */ |
| String getWritePrefix(); |
| |
| /** |
| * This is necessary for JPA 2.0 because an override annotation for an |
| * element collection can have a name with a prefix that indicates |
| * whether the override applies to element collection's embedded key or |
| * value. Return whether the specified override name, which may have a |
| * prefix, is relevant to the override container. |
| */ |
| // TODO better name? |
| boolean isRelevant(String overrideName); |
| } |
| } |