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

/**
 * <em>Virtual</em><ul>
 * <li>attribute override
 * <li>association override
 * </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.
 */
public interface VirtualOverride
	extends ReadOnlyOverride
{
	/**
	 * Convert the <em>virtual</em> override to a <em>specified</em> override.
	 * Return the new <em>specified</em> override.
	 * @see #isVirtual()
	 */
	Override_ convertToSpecified();
}