jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.core/src/org/eclipse/jpt/core/internal/resource/java/ManyToOne.java

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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.resource.java;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.ITextRange;


public interface ManyToOne extends RelationshipMapping
{
	String ANNOTATION_NAME = JPA.MANY_TO_ONE;
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the optional element of the ManyToOne annotation.
	 * Returns null if the optional element does not exist in java.
	 */
	Boolean getOptional();
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the optional element of the ManyToOne annotation.
	 * Set to null to remove the optional element.
	 */
	void setOptional(Boolean optional);
		String OPTIONAL_PROPERTY = "optionalProperty";

	/**
	 * Return the ITextRange for the optional element.  If the optional element 
	 * does not exist return the ITextRange for the ManyToOne annotation.
	 */
	ITextRange optionalTextRange(CompilationUnit astRoot);

}