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package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context;

import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.iterables.ListIterable;

/**
 * Used by association overrides.
 * <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.
 */
public interface VirtualJoinTable
	extends VirtualReferenceTable, ReadOnlyJoinTable
{
	VirtualJoinTableRelationshipStrategy getParent();

	ListIterable<? extends VirtualJoinColumn> getInverseJoinColumns();
	ListIterable<? extends VirtualJoinColumn> getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumns();
	VirtualJoinColumn getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index);
	VirtualJoinColumn getDefaultInverseJoinColumn();

	ReadOnlyJoinTable getOverriddenTable();
}