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package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.resource.java;

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

/**
 * Corresponds to the JPA annotation
 * javax.persistence.AssociationOverride
 * 
 * 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 2.2
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface AssociationOverrideAnnotation
	extends OverrideAnnotation
{
	String ANNOTATION_NAME = JPA.ASSOCIATION_OVERRIDE;


	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 * Return an empty iterator if the element does not exist in Java.
	 */
	ListIterable<JoinColumnAnnotation> getJoinColumns();
		String JOIN_COLUMNS_LIST = "joinColumns"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 */
	int getJoinColumnsSize();

	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 */
	JoinColumnAnnotation joinColumnAt(int index);
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 */
	JoinColumnAnnotation addJoinColumn(int index);
	
	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 */
	void moveJoinColumn(int targetIndex, int sourceIndex);

	/**
	 * Corresponds to the 'joinColumns' element of the AssociationOverride annotation.
	 */
	void removeJoinColumn(int index);
	
}