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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
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 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.jaxb.core.context;


/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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 3.0
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface XmlAccessOrderHolder
	extends JaxbContextNode
{
	/**
	 * Return the access order, whether specified or defaulted.
	 * This should never return null since at least the default will be set
	 */
	XmlAccessOrder getAccessOrder();

	/**
	 * Return the default access order, never null
	 */
	XmlAccessOrder getDefaultAccessOrder();

		/**
		 * String constant associated with changes to the default access order
		 */
		String DEFAULT_ACCESS_ORDER_PROPERTY = "defaultAccessOrder"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Return the specified access order;
	 */
	XmlAccessOrder getSpecifiedAccessOrder();

	/**
	 * Set the specified access order.
	 */
	void setSpecifiedAccessOrder(XmlAccessOrder newSpecifiedAccessOrder);

		/**
		 * String constant associated with changes to the specified access order
		 */
		String SPECIFIED_ACCESS_ORDER_PROPERTY = "specifiedAccessOrder"; //$NON-NLS-1$

}