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| package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.jpa2.context; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.AttributeMapping; |
| |
| /** |
| * Maps ID derived identity strategy |
| * <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 2.3 |
| */ |
| public interface MapsIdDerivedIdentityStrategy2_0 |
| extends DerivedIdentityStrategy2_0 |
| { |
| // TODO bjv rename value to attributeName |
| /** |
| * Return the specified attribute name, or in its absence, the default |
| * attribute name. This the name of the ID attribute the relationship |
| * mapping also maps (e.g. a Child's parent mapping also maps part of |
| * the Child's primary key, the parent ID). |
| */ |
| String getValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * String associated with changes to the specified value property of this object |
| */ |
| String SPECIFIED_VALUE_PROPERTY = "specifiedValue"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the specified attribute name. |
| * Return <code>null</code> if no name is specified. |
| */ |
| String getSpecifiedValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set the specified attribute name. |
| */ |
| void setSpecifiedValue(String value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether a default value is ever used. |
| * (In some cases, there can be no default.) |
| */ |
| boolean usesDefaultValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * String associated with changes to the default value property of this object |
| */ |
| String DEFAULT_VALUE_PROPERTY = "defaultValue"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the default attribute name. |
| */ |
| String getDefaultValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a sorted list of possible attribute names. |
| */ |
| Iterable<String> getSortedValueChoices(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return attribute mapping referenced by the attribute name, |
| * which may be a mapping on the entity |
| * or a mapping within the embeddable mapping referenced by the entity's |
| * embedded ID mapping. |
| */ |
| AttributeMapping getResolvedAttributeMappingValue(); |
| } |