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/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
* which accompanies this distribution. The Eclipse Public License is available
* at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse Distribution License
* is available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
*/
package javax.persistence.metamodel;
/**
* Instances of the type PluralAttribute
represent
* persistent collection-valued attributes.
*
* @param The type the represented collection belongs to
* @param The type of the represented collection
* @param The element type of the represented collection
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface PluralAttribute extends Attribute, Bindable {
public static enum CollectionType {
/**
* Collection-valued attribute
*/
COLLECTION,
/**
* Set-valued attribute
*/
SET,
/**
* List-valued attribute
*/
LIST,
/**
* Map-valued attribute
*/
MAP
}
/**
* Return the collection type.
*
* @return collection type
*/
CollectionType getCollectionType();
/**
* Return the type representing the element type of the
* collection.
*
* @return element type
*/
Type getElementType();
}
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