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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AttributeMapping; |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.java.Annotation; |
| |
| /** |
| * Java attribute mapping |
| * |
| * 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 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface JavaAttributeMapping |
| extends AttributeMapping, JavaJpaContextNode |
| { |
| /** |
| * Covariant override. |
| */ |
| JavaPersistentAttribute getPersistentAttribute(); |
| |
| Annotation getMappingAnnotation(); |
| |
| void initialize(Annotation mappingAnnotation); |
| |
| /** |
| * Update the JavaAttributeMapping context model object to match the JavaResourcePersistentAttribute |
| * resource model object. see {@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaProject#update()} |
| */ |
| //TODO want to remove parameter from the update method, but we have to have |
| //it because of GenericJavaPersistentAttribute.setSpecifiedMappingKey(), it is unable |
| //to call initialize and pass the resource object in before the update is called. |
| void update(Annotation mappingAnnotation); |
| |
| String getAnnotationName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return all fully qualified annotation names that are supported with this mapping type. |
| * This includes all possible annotations, not just the ones that currently exist on the attribute. |
| */ |
| Iterable<String> getSupportingAnnotationNames(); |
| } |