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

import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.SpecifiedUniqueConstraint;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.java.JavaSpecifiedUniqueConstraint;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.resource.orm.XmlUniqueConstraint;

/**
 * <code>orm.xml</code> unique constraint
 * <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 3.3
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface OrmSpecifiedUniqueConstraint
	extends SpecifiedUniqueConstraint
{
	XmlUniqueConstraint getXmlUniqueConstraint();

	// ****** metadata conversion ****
	/**
	 * Build up a mapping file unique constraint
	 * from the given Java unique constraint
	 */
	void convertFrom(JavaSpecifiedUniqueConstraint javaUniqueConstraint);
}