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| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaFactory; |
| |
| /** |
| * Map a string key to a type mapping and its corresponding |
| * Java annotation adapter. |
| * |
| * 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 JavaAttributeMappingProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * A unique String that corresponds to the IJavaAttributeMapping key |
| */ |
| String getKey(); |
| |
| String getAnnotationName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create an {@link JavaAttributeMapping} for the given attribute. Use the {@link JpaFactory} |
| * for creation so that extenders can create their own {@link JpaFactory} instead of |
| * creating their own {@link JavaAttributeMappingProvider}. |
| */ |
| public JavaAttributeMapping buildMapping(JavaPersistentAttribute parent, JpaFactory factory); |
| |
| } |