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 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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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.
 * 
 * @version 2.3
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface AttributeOverride
	extends BaseOverride, Column.Owner
{
	Column getColumn();
	
	AttributeOverride setVirtual(boolean virtual);
	
	interface Owner extends BaseOverride.Owner
	{
		/**
		 * Return the column of the mapping or attribute override with the given attribute name.
		 * Return null if it does not exist.  This column mapping
		 * will be found in the mapped superclass (or embeddable), not in the owning entity
		 */
		Column resolveOverriddenColumn(String attributeName);
	}
}