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| package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.iterables.ListIterable; |
| |
| /** |
| * Used by many-to-many and one-to-many mappings. |
| * <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 2.3 |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface JoinTable |
| extends ReferenceTable, ReadOnlyJoinTable |
| { |
| JoinTableRelationshipStrategy getParent(); |
| |
| void initializeFrom(ReadOnlyJoinTable oldJoinTable); |
| |
| void initializeFromVirtual(ReadOnlyJoinTable virtualJoinTable); |
| |
| |
| // ********** inverse join columns ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Convert the join table's default inverse join column to a specified |
| * inverse join column. |
| */ |
| void convertDefaultInverseJoinColumnToSpecified(); |
| |
| ListIterable<? extends JoinColumn> getInverseJoinColumns(); |
| |
| ListIterable<? extends JoinColumn> getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumns(); |
| |
| JoinColumn getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index); |
| |
| /** |
| * Add a specified inverse join column to the join table. |
| * Return the newly-created join column. |
| */ |
| JoinColumn addSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Add a specified inverse join column to the join table. |
| * Return the newly-created join column. |
| */ |
| JoinColumn addSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index); |
| |
| /** |
| * Remove the inverse join column at the specified index from the join table. |
| */ |
| void removeSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index); |
| |
| /** |
| * Remove the specified inverse join column from the join table. |
| */ |
| void removeSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(JoinColumn joinColumn); |
| |
| /** |
| * Move an inverse join column from the specified source index to the |
| * specified target index. |
| */ |
| void moveSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int targetIndex, int sourceIndex); |
| |
| /** |
| * Remove all the join table's inverse join columns. |
| */ |
| void clearSpecifiedInverseJoinColumns(); |
| |
| JoinColumn getDefaultInverseJoinColumn(); |
| } |