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 * Copyright (c) 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jst.javaee.core.Description;
import org.eclipse.jst.javaee.core.JavaEEObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>CMP Field</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * 
 * 
 *         The cmp-fieldType describes a container-managed field. The
 *         cmp-fieldType contains an optional description of the field,
 *         and the name of the field.
 *         
 *         @since Java EE 5, EJB 3.0
 *       
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.CMPField#getDescriptions <em>Descriptions</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.CMPField#getFieldName <em>Field Name</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.CMPField#getId <em>Id</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getCMPField()
 * @extends JavaEEObject
 * @generated
 */
public interface CMPField extends JavaEEObject {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Descriptions</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.core.Description}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getCMPField_Descriptions()
	 * @generated
	 */
	List<Description> getDescriptions();

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Field Name</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * 
	 *             The field-name element specifies the name of a
	 *             container managed field.
	 *             
	 *             The name of the cmp-field of an entity bean with
	 *             cmp-version 2.x must begin with a lowercase
	 *             letter. This field is accessed by methods whose
	 *             names consists of the name of the field specified by
	 *             field-name in which the first letter is uppercased,
	 *             prefixed by "get" or "set".
	 *             
	 *             The name of the cmp-field of an entity bean with
	 *             cmp-version 1.x must denote a public field of the
	 *             enterprise bean class or one of its superclasses.
	 *             
	 *             @since Java EE 5, EJB 3.0
	 *           
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Field Name</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setFieldName(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getCMPField_FieldName()
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getFieldName();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.CMPField#getFieldName <em>Field Name</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Field Name</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getFieldName()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setFieldName(String value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Id</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Id</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Id</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setId(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getCMPField_Id()
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getId();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.CMPField#getId <em>Id</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Id</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getId()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setId(String value);

} // CMPField