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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Oracle. 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:
+ *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.jpt.db;
+
+/**
+ * Common behavior to all database objects
+ * 
+ * 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.
+ * 
+ * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
+ */
+public interface DatabaseObject {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the database object's name.
+	 */
+	String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Given the name of a Java member and the database object to which it is
+	 * mapped, build and return a string to be used as the value for the member's
+	 * database object annotation's 'name' element. Return null if the member
+	 * maps to the database object by default.
+	 */
+	String getAnnotationIdentifier(String javaIdentifier);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a string to be used as the value for the member's
+	 * database object annotation's 'name' element.
+	 */
+	String getAnnotationIdentifier();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the database object's connection profile.
+	 */
+	ConnectionProfile getConnectionProfile();
+
+}