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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;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentType;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EFactory;

/**
 * A JpaPlatform can support multiple mapping files.  Each will
 * have a unique content type and must be defined with a mapping file definition.
 * The mapping file object will be built using the buildMappingFile() method.  
 * Use the xml context node factory to build the objects that are a 
 * part of the mapping file.
 *
 * 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 MappingFileDefinition
{
	/**
	 * Return the associated mapping file content type.
	 */
	IContentType getContentType();
	
	/**
	 * Return the factory for building xml resource nodes
	 */
	EFactory getResourceNodeFactory();
	
	/**
	 * Return the factory for building xml context nodes
	 */
	XmlContextNodeFactory getContextNodeFactory();
}