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package org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm;

/**
 * @org.apache.olingo.odata2.DoNotImplement
 * A Facet is an element defined in CSDL that provides information
 * that specializes the usage of a type.
 * 
 */
public interface EdmFacets {

  /**
   * Get the information if the type in use is nullable
   * 
   * @return true if the type in use is nullable
   */
  Boolean isNullable();

  /**
   * Get the default value of the type in use
   * 
   * @return a default value of the type in use as String
   */
  String getDefaultValue();

  /**
   * Get the maximum length of the type in use
   * 
   * @return the maximum length of the type in use as Integer
   */
  Integer getMaxLength();

  /**
   * Get the information if the type in has a fixed length
   * 
   * @return true if the type in use has a fixed length
   */
  Boolean isFixedLength();

  /**
   * Get the precision of the type in use
   * 
   * @return the precision of the type in use as Integer
   */
  Integer getPrecision();

  /**
   * Get the scale of the type in use
   * 
   * @return the scale of the type in use as Integer
   */
  Integer getScale();

  /**
   * Get the information if UNICODE or ASCII characters are used. Default is UNICODE.
   * 
   * @return true if UNICODE characters are used
   */
  Boolean isUnicode();

  /**
   * Get the sorting sequence to be used.
   * 
   * @return the sorting sequence as String
   */
  String getCollation();

  /**
   * Get the information if the value of the type in use should be used for optimistic concurrency checks.
   * 
   * @return {@link EdmConcurrencyMode}
   */
  EdmConcurrencyMode getConcurrencyMode();
}