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+/*******************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (c) 2007 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.internal;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.jdtutility.Attribute;
+import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.jdtutility.Type;
+import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.resource.java.Annotation;
+import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.resource.java.JavaPersistentAttributeResource;
+import org.eclipse.jpt.core.internal.resource.java.JavaPersistentTypeResource;
+
+public interface IJpaAnnotationProvider
+{
+	/**
+	 * Build an Annotation with the given fully qualififed annotation name.
+	 * @param type
+	 * @param mappingAnnotationName
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Annotation buildTypeMappingAnnotation(JavaPersistentTypeResource parent, Type type, String mappingAnnotationName);
+
+	Annotation buildNullTypeMappingAnnotation(JavaPersistentTypeResource parent, Type type, String mappingAnnotationName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Build an Annotation with the given fully qualififed annotation name.
+	 * @param type
+	 * @param annotationName
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Annotation buildTypeAnnotation(JavaPersistentTypeResource parent, Type type, String annotationName);
+	
+	Annotation buildNullTypeAnnotation(JavaPersistentTypeResource parent, Type type, String annotationName);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Ordered iterator of fully qualified annotation names that can apply to a Type
+	 */
+	ListIterator<String> typeMappingAnnotationNames();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Iterator of fully qualified annotation(non-mapping) names that can apply to a Type
+	 */
+	Iterator<String> typeAnnotationNames();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Build a Annotation with the given fully qualififed annotation name.
+	 * @param attribute
+	 * @param mappingAnnotationName
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Annotation buildAttributeMappingAnnotation(JavaPersistentAttributeResource parent, Attribute attribute, String mappingAnnotationName);
+	
+	Annotation buildNullAttributeMappingAnnotation(JavaPersistentAttributeResource parent, Attribute attribute, String mappingAnnotationName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Build an Annotation with the given fully qualififed annotation name.
+	 * @param attribute
+	 * @param annotationName
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Annotation buildAttributeAnnotation(JavaPersistentAttributeResource parent, Attribute attribute, String annotationName);
+	
+	Annotation buildNullAttributeAnnotation(JavaPersistentAttributeResource parent, Attribute attribute, String annotationName);
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Ordered iterator of fully qualified annotation names that can apply to an Attribute
+	 */
+	ListIterator<String> attributeMappingAnnotationNames();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Iterator of fully qualified annotation(non-mapping) names that can apply to an Attribute
+	 */
+	Iterator<String>  attributeAnnotationNames();
+
+}