javax.persistence.criteria.Join Maven / Gradle / Ivy
// $Id: Join.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence.criteria;
import javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute;
/**
* A join to an entity, embeddable, or basic type.
*
* @param the source type of the join
* @param the target type of the join
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface Join extends From {
/**
* Return the metamodel attribute corresponding to the join.
*
* @return metamodel attribute corresponding to the join
*/
Attribute getAttribute();
/**
* Return the parent of the join.
*
* @return join parent
*/
From getParent();
/**
* Return the join type.
*
* @return join type
*/
JoinType getJoinType();
}