| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2010 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.eclipselink.core.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.TypeMapping; |
| |
| /** |
| * 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 2.3 |
| * @since 2.3 |
| */ |
| public interface EclipseLinkTypeMapping extends TypeMapping |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return whether this type mapping specifies primary key columns rather than using |
| * JPA-style attributes |
| * (Uses the @PrimaryKey annotation for java, or the primary-key element for xml) |
| * |
| * Note: there is no context-level or UI support for this feature as of yet. |
| * Note: this is a 1.1 feature, but this check has been implemented for all versions |
| */ |
| boolean usesPrimaryKeyColumns(); |
| } |