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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.AssociationOverrideRelationshipReference;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.JoinColumnJoiningStrategy;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.RelationshipMapping;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.RelationshipReference;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.resource.java.AssociationOverrideAnnotation;
/**
* An AssociationOverrideRelationshipReference
is a type of
* {@link RelationshipReference} that may utilize a
* {@link JoinColumnJoiningStrategy}
*
* 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. * * @see RelationshipMapping * * @version 2.3 * @since 2.3 */ public interface JavaAssociationOverrideRelationshipReference extends AssociationOverrideRelationshipReference, JavaJpaContextNode { JavaAssociationOverride getAssociationOverride(); JavaJoinColumnInAssociationOverrideJoiningStrategy getJoinColumnJoiningStrategy(); void initialize(AssociationOverrideAnnotation associationOverride); void update(AssociationOverrideAnnotation associationOverride); }