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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006, 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.core.context;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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.
 */
public interface RelationshipMapping extends AttributeMapping, Fetchable
{
	/**
	 * Return the entity that owns the relationship mapping.
	 */
	Entity getEntity();

	/**
	 * Return whether this mapping is the owning side of the relationship.
	 * Either this is a unidirectional mapping or it is the owning side of a
	 * bidirectional relationship. If bidirectional, the owning side is the
	 * side that does not specify 'mappedBy'. The owning side is the side where
	 * the join table would be specified
	 */
	boolean isRelationshipOwner();

	String getJoinTableDefaultName();


	// **************** target entity **************************************
	
	String getTargetEntity();

	String getSpecifiedTargetEntity();
	void setSpecifiedTargetEntity(String value);
		String SPECIFIED_TARGET_ENTITY_PROPERTY = "specifiedTargetEntity"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	String getDefaultTargetEntity();
		String DEFAULT_TARGET_ENTITY_PROPERTY = "defaultTargetEntity"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	Entity getResolvedTargetEntity();
		String RESOLVED_TARGET_ENTITY_PROPERTY = "resolvedTargetEntity"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
	
	// **************** cascade **************************************

	Cascade getCascade();

}

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