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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2009, 2011 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.jpa.core.context;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* "Mapped by" relationship 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 MappedByRelationship
*
* @version 2.2
* @since 2.2
*/
public interface MappedByRelationshipStrategy
extends RelationshipStrategy
{
void initializeFrom(MappedByRelationshipStrategy oldStrategy);
/**
* String associated with changes to the attribute property of this object
*/
String MAPPED_BY_ATTRIBUTE_PROPERTY = "mappedByAttribute"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Return the name of the attribute that maps the relationship.
*/
String getMappedByAttribute();
/**
* Set the name of the attribute that maps the relationship.
*/
void setMappedByAttribute(String attribute);
/**
* Return the possible attribute names the strategy might use.
*/
Iterator<String> candidateMappedByAttributeNames();
/**
* Return whether this strategy's relationship is owned by the given other
* relationship mapping
*/
boolean relationshipIsOwnedBy(RelationshipMapping otherMapping);
}
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