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| package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context; |
| |
| /** |
| * Strategy describing how two entities are related, either for a |
| * {@link RelationshipMapping} or an {@link AssociationOverride}:<ul> |
| * <li>join column |
| * <li>join table |
| * <li>"mapped by" |
| * <li>primary key join column |
| * </ul> |
| * 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. |
| * |
| * @see RelationshipMapping |
| * @see ReadOnlyAssociationOverride |
| * @see ReadOnlyRelationship |
| */ |
| public interface ReadOnlyRelationshipStrategy |
| extends JpaContextNode |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return the strategy's relationship. |
| */ |
| ReadOnlyRelationship getRelationship(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the table name associated with the strategy's columns. |
| * The join table name, for instance, or in the case of a bi-directional |
| * relationship, the table of the owning relationship. |
| */ |
| String getTableName(); |
| } |
