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| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.persistence; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.XmlFile; |
| |
| /** |
| * JPA <code>persistence.xml</code> file. |
| * <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. |
| */ |
| public interface PersistenceXml |
| extends XmlFile |
| { |
| // ********** persistence ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * String constant associated with changes to the persistence property |
| */ |
| public final static String PERSISTENCE_PROPERTY = "persistence"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the content represented by the root of the <code>persistence.xml</code> file. |
| * This may be null. |
| */ |
| Persistence getPersistence(); |
| |
| |
| // ********** updating ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Update the context persistence XML model to match its resource file. |
| * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaProject#update() |
| */ |
| void update(); |
| } |