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| * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 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.core.internal.context.base; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| import java.util.ListIterator; |
| |
| |
| public interface IPersistentType extends IJpaContextNode |
| { |
| String getName(); |
| String NAME_PROPERTY = "nameProperty"; |
| |
| AccessType access(); |
| String ACCESS_PROPERTY = "accessProperty"; |
| |
| ITypeMapping getMapping(); |
| String mappingKey(); |
| void setMappingKey(String key); |
| String MAPPING_PROPERTY = "mappingProperty"; |
| |
| boolean isMapped(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the parent IPersistentType from the inheritance hierarchy. |
| * If the java inheritance parent is not a IPersistentType then continue |
| * up the hierarchy. Return null if this persistentType is the root |
| * persistent type. |
| */ |
| IPersistentType parentPersistentType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a read-only iterator of the contained IPersistentAttributes |
| */ |
| <T extends IPersistentAttribute> ListIterator<T> attributes(); |
| int attributesSize(); |
| String SPECIFIED_ATTRIBUTES_LIST = "specifiedAttributesList"; |
| String VIRTUAL_ATTRIBUTES_LIST = "virtualAttributesList"; |
| |
| Iterator<String> attributeNames(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a read-only iterator of the all the IPersistentAttributes |
| * in the hierarchy |
| */ |
| Iterator<IPersistentAttribute> allAttributes(); |
| |
| Iterator<String> allAttributeNames(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the attribute named <code>attributeName</code> if |
| * it exists locally on this type |
| */ |
| IPersistentAttribute attributeNamed(String attributeName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Resolve and return the attribute named <code>attributeName</code> if it |
| * is distinct and exists within the context of this type |
| */ |
| IPersistentAttribute resolveAttribute(String attributeName); |
| |
| Iterator<IPersistentType> inheritanceHierarchy(); |
| |
| |
| |
| } |