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 *  
 *  Contributors: 
 *  	Oracle - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.core.jpa2.context;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AttributeOverride;

/**
 * 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 AttributeOverride2_0
	extends AttributeOverride
{
	/**
	 * Property string associated with changes to the mapped by relationship
	 */
	final String MAPPED_BY_RELATIONSHIP_PROPERTY = "mappedByRelationship";
	
	/**
	 * Return whether this attribute override is mapped by a relationship 
	 * (i.e. a relationship maps this attribute override, possibly in an entity overriding
	 *  an id or an embedded id overriding any attribute)
	 * N.B. - This might be several relationships (erroneously, of course)
	 */
	boolean isMappedByRelationship();
}