| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 Oracle. All rights reserved. |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution |
| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.eclipselink.core.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.JpaContextNode; |
| |
| /** |
| * Corresponds to a *Converter resource model object |
| * |
| * 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 2.1 |
| * @since 2.1 |
| */ |
| public interface EclipseLinkNamedConverter extends JpaContextNode |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return a string that represents the type of converter. |
| * Possibilities are below, NO_CONVERTER, CONVERTER, |
| * OBJECT_TYPE_CONVERTER, STRUCT_CONVERTER, TYPE_CONVERTER |
| */ |
| String getType(); |
| |
| String CONVERTER = "converter"; |
| String NO_CONVERTER = "noConverter"; |
| String OBJECT_TYPE_CONVERTER = "objectTypeConverter"; |
| String STRUCT_CONVERTER = "structConverter"; |
| String TYPE_CONVERTER = "typeConverter"; |
| |
| String getName(); |
| void setName(String name); |
| String NAME_PROPERTY = "nameProperty"; |
| |
| /** |
| * Remove the EclipseLinkNamedConverter from the resource model |
| */ |
| void removeFromResourceModel(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Add the appropriate EclipseLinkNamedConverter to the resource model |
| */ |
| void addToResourceModel(); |
| |
| } |