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package javax.persistence.metamodel;
/**
* Represents an attribute of a Java type.
*
* @param The represented type that contains the attribute
* @param The type of the represented attribute
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface Attribute {
public static enum PersistentAttributeType {
/** Many-to-one association */
MANY_TO_ONE,
/** One-to-one association */
ONE_TO_ONE,
/** Basic attribute */
BASIC,
/** Embeddable class attribute */
EMBEDDED,
/** Many-to-many association */
MANY_TO_MANY,
/** One-to-many association */
ONE_TO_MANY,
/** Element collection */
ELEMENT_COLLECTION
}
/**
* Return the name of the attribute.
* @return name
*/
String getName();
/**
* Return the persistent attribute type for the attribute.
* @return persistent attribute type
*/
PersistentAttributeType getPersistentAttributeType();
/**
* Return the managed type representing the type in which
* the attribute was declared.
* @return declaring type
*/
ManagedType getDeclaringType();
/**
* Return the Java type of the represented attribute.
* @return Java type
*/
Class getJavaType();
/**
* Return the java.lang.reflect.Member for the represented
* attribute.
* @return corresponding java.lang.reflect.Member
*/
java.lang.reflect.Member getJavaMember();
/**
* Is the attribute an association.
* @return boolean indicating whether the attribute
* corresponds to an association
*/
boolean isAssociation();
/**
* Is the attribute collection-valued (represents a Collection,
* Set, List, or Map).
* @return boolean indicating whether the attribute is
* collection-valued
*/
boolean isCollection();
}