jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core/src/org/eclipse/jpt/jpa/core/context/PrimaryKeyJoinColumnRelationship.java

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

/**
 * Primary key join column relationship<ul>
 * <li>1:1
 * </ul>
 * <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 2.2
 * @since 2.2
 */
public interface PrimaryKeyJoinColumnRelationship
	extends SpecifiedRelationship
{
	/**
	 * Return the (never <code>null</code>) strategy used to configure
	 * the relationship's primary key join column strategy.
	 */
	SpecifiedPrimaryKeyJoinColumnRelationshipStrategy getPrimaryKeyJoinColumnStrategy();

	/**
	 * Return whether the primary key join column strategy is the
	 * relationship's current strategy.
	 */
	boolean strategyIsPrimaryKeyJoinColumn();

	/**
	 * Set the relationship's strategy to the primary key join column strategy.
	 */
	void setStrategyToPrimaryKeyJoinColumn();
}