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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.eclipselink.core.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.Converter; |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.eclipselink.core.context.persistence.EclipseLinkPersistenceUnit; |
| |
| /** |
| * EclipseLink convert (not to be confused with EclipseLink converter) |
| * <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 3.2 |
| * @since 2.1 |
| */ |
| public interface EclipseLinkConvert |
| extends Converter |
| { |
| |
| EclipseLinkPersistenceUnit getPersistenceUnit(); |
| |
| String getConverterName(); |
| |
| String getSpecifiedConverterName(); |
| void setSpecifiedConverterName(String converterName); |
| String SPECIFIED_CONVERTER_NAME_PROPERTY = "specifiedConverterName"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| String getDefaultConverterName(); |
| String DEFAULT_CONVERTER_NAME_PROPERTY = "defaultConverterName"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Reserved name for specifying a serialized object converter. |
| * In this case a corresponding @CustomConverter is unnecessary. |
| */ |
| String SERIALIZED_CONVERTER = "serialized"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Reserved name for specifying a class instance converter. |
| * Will use a ClassInstanceConverter |
| * on the associated mapping. When using a ClassInstanceConverter the database representation is a |
| * String representing the Class name and the object-model representation is an instance |
| * of that class built with the zero-argument constructor. |
| * In this case a corresponding @CustomConverter is unnecessary. |
| */ |
| String CLASS_INSTANCE_CONVERTER = "class-instance"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Reserved name for specifying no converter. |
| * This can be used to override a situation where either |
| * another converter is defaulted or another converter is set. |
| * In this case a corresponding @CustomConverter is unnecessary. |
| */ |
| String NO_CONVERTER = "none"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| String[] RESERVED_CONVERTER_NAMES = {NO_CONVERTER, CLASS_INSTANCE_CONVERTER, SERIALIZED_CONVERTER}; |
| |
| String DEFAULT_CONVERTER_NAME = NO_CONVERTER; |
| } |