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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
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 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.java;

import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.CompilationUnit;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.TextRange;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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 Basic extends JavaResourceNode
{
	
	String ANNOTATION_NAME = JPA.BASIC;
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the fetch element of the Basic annotation.
	 * Returns null if the fetch element does not exist in java.
	 */
	FetchType getFetch();
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the fetch element of the Basic annotation.
	 * Set to null to remove the fetch element.
	 */
	void setFetch(FetchType fetch);
		String FETCH_PROPERTY = "fetchProperty";
		
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the optional element of the Basic annotation.
	 * Returns null if the optional element does not exist in java.
	 */
	Boolean getOptional();
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the optional element of the Basic annotation.
	 * Set to null to remove the optional element.
	 */
	void setOptional(Boolean optional);
		String OPTIONAL_PROPERTY = "optionalProperty";
	
	/**
	 * Return the ITextRange for the fetch element.  If the fetch element 
	 * does not exist return the ITextRange for the Basic annotation.
	 */
	TextRange fetchTextRange(CompilationUnit astRoot);
	
	/**
	 * Return the ITextRange for the optional element.  If the optional element 
	 * does not exist return the ITextRange for the Basic annotation.
	 */
	TextRange optionalTextRange(CompilationUnit astRoot);

}