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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.jpa.core.context.java;

import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.iterables.ListIterable;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.JoinTable;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.resource.java.JoinTableAnnotation;

/**
 * Java join table
 * <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 2.3
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface JavaJoinTable
	extends JoinTable, JavaReferenceTable
{
	JavaJoinTableRelationshipStrategy getParent();

	JoinTableAnnotation getTableAnnotation();


	// ********** inverse join columns **********

	ListIterable<JavaJoinColumn> getInverseJoinColumns();

	ListIterable<JavaJoinColumn> getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumns();
	JavaJoinColumn getSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index);
	JavaJoinColumn addSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn();
	JavaJoinColumn addSpecifiedInverseJoinColumn(int index);

	JavaJoinColumn getDefaultInverseJoinColumn();
}