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* Copyright 2014 Gregory Graham.
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package nz.co.gregs.dbvolution.columns;
/**
* Interface to indicate that this object can provide a column.
*
*
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*
* @author Gregory Graham
*/
public interface ColumnProvider {
/**
* Returns the AbstractColumn from this ColumnProvider.
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*
* @return the column that this provider supplies.
*/
public AbstractColumn getColumn();
/**
* Indicates whether the ColumnProvider should use the table alias during
* query creation.
*
*
* the standard implementation is
* {@code this.column.setUseTableAlias(useTableAlias);} and passes the boolean
* along to the underlying AbstractColumn
*
* @param useTableAlias true or false
*/
public void setUseTableAlias(boolean useTableAlias);
}