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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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 GeneratedValue
	extends JpaContextNode
{

	GenerationType getStrategy();
	GenerationType getDefaultStrategy();
	GenerationType getSpecifiedStrategy();
	void setSpecifiedStrategy(GenerationType value);
		String SPECIFIED_STRATEGY_PROPERTY = "specifiedStrategy"; //$NON-NLS-1$
		String DEFAULT_STRATEGY_PROPERTY = "defaultStrategy"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
	String getGenerator();
	String getDefaultGenerator();
		GenerationType DEFAULT_STRATEGY = GenerationType.AUTO;
	String getSpecifiedGenerator();
	void setSpecifiedGenerator(String value);
		String SPECIFIED_GENERATOR_PROPERTY = "specifiedGenerator"; //$NON-NLS-1$
		String DEFAULT_GENERATOR_PROPERTY = "defaultGenerator"; //$NON-NLS-1$

}