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package javax.persistence;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Represents an attribute node of an entity graph.
*
* @param The type of the attribute.
*
* @see EntityGraph
* @see Subgraph
* @see NamedAttributeNode
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.1
*/
public interface AttributeNode {
/**
* Return the name of the attribute corresponding to the
* attribute node.
* @return name of the attribute
*/
public String getAttributeName();
/**
* Return the Map<Class, Subgraph> of subgraphs associated
* with this attribute node.
* @return Map of subgraphs associated with this attribute node
* or empty Map if none have been defined
*/
public Map getSubgraphs();
/**
* Return the Map<Class, Subgraph> of subgraphs associated
* with this attribute node's map key.
* @return Map of subgraphs associated with this attribute
* node's map key or empty Map if none have been defined
*/
public Map getKeySubgraphs();
}