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 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
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package javax.persistence;

import javax.persistence.metamodel.Type;

/**
 * Represents an attribute node of an entity graph.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of the attribute.
 *
 * @see EntityGraph
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 2.1
 */
public interface AttributeNode<T> {

    /**
     * Return the Type of the attribute node.
     * @return Type object for the attribute node
     */
    public Type<T> getType();

    /**
     * Return the name of the attribute corresponding to the
     * attribute node.
     * @return name of the attribute
     */
    public String getAttributeName();
}