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The Java Data Objects (JDO) API is a standard interface-based Java model abstraction of persistence, developed as Java Specification Request 243 under the auspices of the Java Community Process.

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package javax.jdo.metadata;

/**
 * Represents the primary key definition of a class.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface PrimaryKeyMetadata extends Metadata {
    /**
     * Method to set the name of the PK constraint.
     * 
     * @param name Name of the PK constraint
     * @return The PK metadata
     */
    PrimaryKeyMetadata setName(String name);

    /**
     * Accessor for the name of the PK constraint.
     * 
     * @return The PK constraint name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Method to set the PK column name.
     * 
     * @param column Name of the PK column
     * @return The PK metadata
     */
    PrimaryKeyMetadata setColumn(String column);

    /**
     * Accessor for the PK column name
     * 
     * @return The column name
     */
    String getColumn();

    /**
     * Accessor for all column(s) defined on the PK.
     * 
     * @return The column(s)
     */
    ColumnMetadata[] getColumns();

    /**
     * Add a new column for this PK
     * 
     * @return The ColumnMetadata
     */
    ColumnMetadata newColumnMetadata();

    /**
     * Accessor for the number of columns defined for this PK
     * 
     * @return The number of columns
     */
    int getNumberOfColumns();
}