jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.core/src/org/eclipse/jpt/core/context/orm/OrmXml.java

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

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaStructureNode;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmResource;

public interface OrmXml extends OrmJpaContextNode, JpaStructureNode
{
	// **************** persistence *******************************************
	
	/**
	 * String constant associated with changes to the entity-mappings property
	 */
	public final static String ENTITY_MAPPINGS_PROPERTY = "entityMappingsProperty";
	
	/** 
	 * Return the content represented by the root of the orm.xml file.
	 * This may be null.
	 */
	EntityMappings getEntityMappings();
	
	/**
	 * Add a entity-mappings node to the orm.xml file and return the object 
	 * representing it.
	 * Throws {@link IllegalStateException} if a entity-mappings node already exists.
	 */
	EntityMappings addEntityMappings();
	
	/**
	 * Remove the entity-mappings node from the orm.xml file.
	 * Throws {@link IllegalStateException} if a persistence node does not exist.
	 */
	void removeEntityMappings();
	
	PersistenceUnitDefaults persistenceUnitDefaults();
	
	/**
	 * Return the OrmPersistentType listed in this mapping file
	 * with the given fullyQualifiedTypeName.  Return null if non exists.
	 */
	OrmPersistentType persistentTypeFor(String fullyQualifiedTypeName);

	// **************** updating **********************************************
	
	void update(OrmResource ormResource);
}