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

/**
 * Read-only association override
 * <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.
 */
public interface ReadOnlyAssociationOverride
	extends ReadOnlyOverride
{
	/**
	 * Return the overridden relationship mapping.
	 * Return <code>null</code> if it does not exist. This relationship mapping
	 * will be found in the mapped superclass or embeddable type, not in the
	 * owning entity
	 */
	RelationshipMapping getMapping();

	ReadOnlyOverrideRelationship getRelationship();
}