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| * Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 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.core.context.java; |
| |
| import java.util.ListIterator; |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.PersistentAttribute; |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.PersistentType; |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.java.JavaResourcePersistentType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Context Java persistent type. |
| * |
| * 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 JavaPersistentType |
| extends PersistentType, JavaJpaContextNode |
| { |
| JavaTypeMapping getMapping(); |
| |
| @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") |
| ListIterator<JavaPersistentAttribute> attributes(); |
| |
| JavaPersistentAttribute getAttributeNamed(String attributeName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Resolve and return the attribute named <code>attributeName</code> if it |
| * is distinct and exists within the context of this type |
| */ |
| PersistentAttribute resolveAttribute(String attributeName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether any attribute in this persistent type contains a mapping annotation |
| */ |
| boolean hasAnyAttributePersistenceAnnotations(); |
| |
| |
| JavaResourcePersistentType getResourcePersistentType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Synchronize the Java persistent type with the specified resource type. |
| * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaProject#update() |
| */ |
| void update(JavaResourcePersistentType jrpt); |
| |
| /** |
| * Re-synchronize the Java persistent type with its resource type. |
| * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaProject#update() |
| */ |
| void update(); |
| |
| } |