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package org.batoo.jpa.parser.metadata.attribute;

/**
 * The common definition for orphanable associations.
 * 
 * @author hceylan
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public interface OrphanableAssociationAttributeMetadata {

	/**
	 * Returns if the orphaned entities of the association attribute is removed.
	 * 
	 * @return true if the orphaned entities of the association attribute is removed
	 * 
	 * @since 2.0.0
	 */
	boolean removesOrphans();
}