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// $Id: Fetch.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;

/**
 * Represents a join-fetched association or attribute.
 *
 * @param   the source type of the fetch
 * @param   the target type of the fetch
 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
 */
public interface Fetch extends FetchParent {

	/**
	 * Return the metamodel attribute corresponding to the
	 * fetch join.
	 *
	 * @return metamodel attribute for the join
	 */
	Attribute getAttribute();

	/**
	 * Return the parent of the fetched item.
	 *
	 * @return fetch parent
	 */
	FetchParent getParent();

	/**
	 * Return the join type used in the fetch join.
	 *
	 * @return join type
	 */
	JoinType getJoinType();
}