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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.resource.orm;

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


/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Relationship Mapping</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.XmlRelationshipMapping#getTargetEntity <em>Target Entity</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlRelationshipMapping#getFetch <em>Fetch</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlRelationshipMapping#getCascade <em>Cascade</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlRelationshipMapping()
 * @model kind="class" interface="true" abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface XmlRelationshipMapping extends XmlAttributeMapping
{
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Target Entity</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Target Entity</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Target Entity</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setTargetEntity(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlRelationshipMapping_TargetEntity()
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getTargetEntity();

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

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Fetch</b></em>' attribute.
	 * The default value is <code>"LAZY"</code>.
	 * The literals are from the enumeration {@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.FetchType}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Fetch</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Fetch</em>' attribute.
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.FetchType
	 * @see #setFetch(FetchType)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlRelationshipMapping_Fetch()
	 * @model default="LAZY"
	 * @generated
	 */
	FetchType getFetch();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlRelationshipMapping#getFetch <em>Fetch</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Fetch</em>' attribute.
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.FetchType
	 * @see #getFetch()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setFetch(FetchType value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Cascade</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Cascade</em>' containment reference isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Cascade</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setCascade(CascadeType)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.OrmPackage#getXmlRelationshipMapping_Cascade()
	 * @model containment="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	CascadeType getCascade();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlRelationshipMapping#getCascade <em>Cascade</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Cascade</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getCascade()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setCascade(CascadeType value);

	/**
	 * Return the {@link TextRange} for the target-entity attribute.
	 */
	TextRange getTargetEntityTextRange();

} // RelationshipMapping