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 * 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.core.resource.orm;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.utility.TextRange;


/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Abstract Column</b></em>'.
 * 
 * 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.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getInsertable <em>Insertable</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getNullable <em>Nullable</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getTable <em>Table</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getUnique <em>Unique</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getUpdatable <em>Updatable</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn()
 * @model kind="class" interface="true" abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface XmlAbstractColumn extends XmlNamedColumn
{
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Insertable</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Insertable</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Insertable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setInsertable(Boolean)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn_Insertable()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.BooleanObject"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean getInsertable();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getInsertable <em>Insertable</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Insertable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getInsertable()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setInsertable(Boolean value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Nullable</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Nullable</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Nullable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setNullable(Boolean)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn_Nullable()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.BooleanObject"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean getNullable();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getNullable <em>Nullable</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Nullable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getNullable()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setNullable(Boolean value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Table</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Table</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Table</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setTable(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn_Table()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getTable();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getTable <em>Table</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Table</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getTable()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setTable(String value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Unique</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Unique</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Unique</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setUnique(Boolean)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn_Unique()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.BooleanObject"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean getUnique();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getUnique <em>Unique</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Unique</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getUnique()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setUnique(Boolean value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Updatable</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Updatable</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Updatable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setUpdatable(Boolean)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlAbstractColumn_Updatable()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.BooleanObject"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean getUpdatable();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlAbstractColumn#getUpdatable <em>Updatable</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Updatable</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getUpdatable()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setUpdatable(Boolean value);
	
	/**
	 * Return the {@link TextRange} for the table attibute.  If the table attibute 
	 * does not exist return the {@link TextRange} for the *table element.
	 */
	TextRange getTableTextRange();

} // AbstractColumn