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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.
*
* Contributors:
* Oracle - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java;
/**
* Map a string key to an attribute 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 DefaultJavaAttributeMappingProvider extends JavaAttributeMappingProvider {
/**
* Given the IJavaPersistentAttribute return whether the default mapping applies.
* This will be used to determine the default mapping in the case where no
* mapping has been specified.
*/
boolean defaultApplies(JavaPersistentAttribute persistentAttribute);
}