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// Contributors:
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.1
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.0
package jakarta.persistence.criteria;
import jakarta.persistence.metamodel.PluralAttribute;
/**
* The PluralJoin interface defines functionality
* that is common to joins to all collection types. It is
* not intended to be used directly in query construction.
*
* @param the source type
* @param the collection type
* @param the element type of the collection
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface PluralJoin extends Join {
/**
* Return the metamodel representation for the collection-valued
* attribute corresponding to the join.
* @return metamodel collection-valued attribute corresponding
* to the target of the join
*/
PluralAttribute getModel();
}