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 *  Contributors: 
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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.jpa2.context;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AssociationOverrideContainer;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AttributeOverrideContainer;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.Column;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.ConvertibleMapping;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.Embeddable;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.Entity;

/**
 * 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.
 * 
 * @version 2.3
 * @since 2.3
 */
public interface ElementCollectionMapping2_0
	extends AttributeMapping2_0, CollectionMapping2_0, ConvertibleMapping
{
	/**
	 * Return the entity that owns the mapping. This is
	 * just a convenience method that calls getTypeMapping() and returns
	 * null if it is not an Entity
	 */
	Entity getEntity();
	
	// **************** target class **************************************
	
	String getTargetClass();

	String getSpecifiedTargetClass();
	void setSpecifiedTargetClass(String value);
		String SPECIFIED_TARGET_CLASS_PROPERTY = "specifiedTargetClass"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	String getDefaultTargetClass();
		String DEFAULT_TARGET_CLASS_PROPERTY = "defaultTargetClass"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * If the target class is a basic type this will return null.
	 */
	Embeddable getResolvedTargetEmbeddable();
		String RESOLVED_TARGET_EMBEDDABLE_PROPERTY = "resolvedTargetEmbeddable"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the char to be used for browsing or creating the target class IType.
	 * @see org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType#getFullyQualifiedName(char)
	 */
	char getTargetClassEnclosingTypeSeparator();


	// **************** collection table **************************************

	/**
	 * Return the collection table for this element collection mapping.
	 * This will not be null.
	 */
	CollectionTable2_0 getCollectionTable();


	// **************** value column **************************************

	/**
	 * Return the value column for this element collection mapping.
	 */
	Column getValueColumn();


	// ******************* overrides **************************************
	AttributeOverrideContainer getValueAttributeOverrideContainer();

	AssociationOverrideContainer getValueAssociationOverrideContainer();

}