org.compass.core.mapping.AliasMapping Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package org.compass.core.mapping;
/**
* An alias mapping is a mapping that is associated with an alias.
*
* @author kimchy
*/
public interface AliasMapping extends MultipleMapping {
/**
* Performs a shalow copy of this mapping, not including any internal mappings
* belonging to {@link MultipleMapping}.
*/
AliasMapping shallowCopy();
/**
* Returns the alias this mapping is associated with.
*/
String getAlias();
/**
* Returns a list of aliases that this alias extends.
*/
String[] getExtendedAliases();
/**
* Returns a list of all the aliases that extend this mapping. Note,
* this is a list of all the aliases down the food chain, not just the
* first ones.
*/
String[] getExtendingAliases();
/**
* Returns the analyzer lookup name of this alias mapping.
*/
String getAnalyzer();
}