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* Contributors:
* Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
* Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0
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package javax.persistence.metamodel;
/**
* Instances of the type Bindable represent object or attribute types
* that can be bound into a {@link javax.persistence.criteria.Path Path}.
*
* @param The type of the represented object or attribute
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*
*/
public interface Bindable {
public static enum BindableType {
/** Single-valued attribute type */
SINGULAR_ATTRIBUTE,
/** Multi-valued attribute type */
PLURAL_ATTRIBUTE,
/** Entity type */
ENTITY_TYPE
}
/**
* Return the bindable type of the represented object.
* @return bindable type
*/
BindableType getBindableType();
/**
* Return the Java type of the represented object.
* If the bindable type of the object is PLURAL_ATTRIBUTE,
* the Java element type is returned. If the bindable type is
* SINGULAR_ATTRIBUTE or ENTITY_TYPE,
* the Java type of the
* represented entity or attribute is returned.
* @return Java type
*/
Class getBindableJavaType();
}