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 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java;

import java.util.Iterator;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AttributeMapping;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.java.JavaResourcePersistentAttribute;


public interface JavaAttributeMapping extends AttributeMapping, JavaJpaContextNode
{
	JavaPersistentAttribute persistentAttribute();
	
	void initializeFromResource(JavaResourcePersistentAttribute persistentAttributeResource);

	void update(JavaResourcePersistentAttribute persistentAttributeResource);
	
	String annotationName();
	
	/**
	 * Return all fully qualfied annotation names that are supported with this mapping type.
	 * This includes all possible annotations, not just the ones that currently exist on the attribute.
	 */
	Iterator<String> correspondingAnnotationNames();

}