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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.orm;

import org.eclipse.jpt.common.core.utility.TextRange;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.Query;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.XmlContextNode;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.orm.XmlQuery;
import org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.iterables.ListIterable;

/**
 * <code>orm.xml</code> named and named native queries
 * <p>
 * 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 2.1
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface OrmQuery
	extends Query, XmlContextNode
{
	XmlQuery getXmlQuery();


	// ********** hints **********

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	ListIterable<OrmQueryHint> getHints();

	OrmQueryHint addHint();

	OrmQueryHint addHint(int index);


	// ********** validation **********

	TextRange getNameTextRange();
}