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package org.apache.cayenne.map.naming;

import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbAttribute;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbEntity;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbRelationship;

/**
 * NamingStrategy is a strategy for creating names for entities, attributes, relationships
 * during reverse engineering.
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface NamingStrategy {

    /**
     * Creates new name for Obj Entity
     */
    String createObjEntityName(DbEntity entity);

    /**
     * Creates new name for Obj Attribute
     */
    String createObjAttributeName(DbAttribute attr);

    /**
     * Creates new name for Db Relationship
     */
    String createDbRelationshipName(ExportedKey key, boolean toMany);

    /**
     * Creates new name for Obj Relationship
     */
    String createObjRelationshipName(DbRelationship dbRel);
}