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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2009, 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;
/**
* An <code>OwnableRelationshipReference</code> is a type of
* {@link RelationshipReference} that may be the owned side of the relationship.
* (i.e. It may use a "mappedBy" joining strategy.)
* <p>
* 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
* @see RelationshipReference
*
* @version 2.2
* @since 2.2
*/
public interface OwnableRelationshipReference
extends RelationshipReference
{
/**
* Return the aggregate (never null) object used to configure the mapped by
* joining strategy
*/
MappedByJoiningStrategy getMappedByJoiningStrategy();
/**
* Return whether the mapped by joining strategy is currently the predominant
* joining strategy
*/
boolean usesMappedByJoiningStrategy();
/**
* Set the mapped by joining strategy as the predominant joining strategy
*/
void setMappedByJoiningStrategy();
/**
* Unset the mapped by joining strategy as the predominant joining strategy.
* This will not set any other joining strategy as the predominant one, so
* whichever one is also being used (is specified) or the default strategy
* will apply at that point.
*/
// TODO remove this API (bug 311945)- wanted to remove it when I fixed bug 311248.
// API users should just call set on another strategy, this will unset all other strategies
void unsetMappedByJoiningStrategy();
/**
* Validates whether the given mapping may own the relationship
*/
boolean mayBeMappedBy(AttributeMapping mapping);
}
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