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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 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.core.context.java;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaFactory;
/**
* Map a string key to a type mapping and its corresponding
* Java annotation.
*
* 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 2.3
* @since 2.3
*/
public interface JavaTypeMappingDefinition
{
/**
* Return the type mapping's key.
*/
String getKey();
/**
* Return the type mapping's Java annotation name.
*/
String getAnnotationName();
/**
* Build a Java type mapping for the specified type. Use the specified
* factory for creation so extenders can simply override the appropriate
* creation method instead of building a provider for the same key.
*/
public JavaTypeMapping buildMapping(JavaPersistentType type, JpaFactory factory);
/**
* Return whether this mapping definition should be used for the given {@link JavaPersistentType},
* considering all annotations.
*/
boolean test(JavaPersistentType persistentType);
}
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