| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 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.db; |
| |
| /** |
| * Common behavior to all database objects |
| * |
| * 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. |
| * |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface DatabaseObject { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the database object's name. |
| */ |
| String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Given the name of a Java member and the database object to which it is |
| * mapped, build and return a string to be used as the value for the member's |
| * database object annotation's 'name' element. Return null if the member |
| * maps to the database object by default. |
| */ |
| String getAnnotationIdentifier(String javaIdentifier); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a string to be used as the value for the member's |
| * database object annotation's 'name' element. |
| */ |
| String getAnnotationIdentifier(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the database object's connection profile. |
| */ |
| ConnectionProfile getConnectionProfile(); |
| |
| } |