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package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context;

import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.internal.context.JpaValidator;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.db.Table;

/**
 * Association override relationship
 * <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.
 * 
 * @see SpecifiedAssociationOverride
 */
public interface OverrideRelationship
	extends JoinColumnRelationship
{
	String getAttributeName();

	/**
	 * @see Override_#getTypeMapping()
	 */
	TypeMapping getTypeMapping();

	/**
	 * Return whether the specified table cannot be explicitly specified
	 * as the table for the relationship's join column.
	 */
	boolean tableNameIsInvalid(String tableName);

	/**
	 * Return the names of tables that are valid for the relationship's
	 * join column.
	 */
	Iterable<String> getCandidateTableNames();

	/**
	 * Return the database table for the specified table name.
	 */
	Table resolveDbTable(String tableName);

	String getDefaultTableName();

	JpaValidator buildColumnValidator(BaseColumn column, TableColumn.ParentAdapter parentAdapter);
}