/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006, 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.ui.java.details;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AttributeMapping;
import org.eclipse.jpt.ui.JpaUiFactory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.ui.details.JpaComposite;
import org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.model.value.PropertyValueModel;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabbedPropertySheetWidgetFactory;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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.
 */
public interface AttributeMappingUiProvider<T extends AttributeMapping>
{
	/**
	 * A unique string that corresponds to the key of a MappingProvider in the core
	 * (IJavaAttributeMappingProvider and/or IXmlAttributeMappingProvider)
	 */
	String attributeMappingKey();

	/**
	 * The IJpaComposite that correponds to this mapping type.  This will be displayed
	 * by the PersistentAttributeDetailsPage when the mapping key matches the key given
	 * by this provider.  The composites will be stored in a Map with the mapping key as the key.
	 * @param factory
	 * @param parent
	 * @param widgetFactory
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	JpaComposite<T> buildAttributeMappingComposite(
			JpaUiFactory factory,
			PropertyValueModel<T> subjectHolder,
			Composite parent,
			TabbedPropertySheetWidgetFactory widgetFactory);

	/**
	 * A label to be displayed to the label as an option in the mapping type combo box
	 * @return
	 */
	String label();
}