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| package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context; |
| |
| /** |
| * "Mapped by" 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. |
| * |
| * @version 2.2 |
| * @since 2.2 |
| */ |
| public interface MappedByRelationship |
| extends Relationship |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return the aggregate (never <code>null</code>) object used to configure |
| * the "mapped by" strategy |
| */ |
| MappedByRelationshipStrategy getMappedByJoiningStrategy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether the mapped by joining strategy is currently the predominant |
| * joining strategy |
| */ |
| boolean usesMappedByJoiningStrategy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the mapped by joining strategy as the predominant joining strategy |
| */ |
| void setMappedByJoiningStrategy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Validates whether the given mapping may own the relationship |
| */ |
| boolean mayBeMappedBy(AttributeMapping mapping); |
| } |
