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package org.hibernate.metamodel.source.binder;
/**
* Contract describing source of table constraints
*
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
*/
public interface ConstraintSource {
/**
* @return returns the name of the constraint or {@code null} in case a generated name should be used
*/
public String name();
/**
* Obtain the logical name of the table for this constraint.
*
* @return The logical table name. Can be {@code null} in the case of the "primary table".
*/
public String getTableName();
/**
* @return returns the names of the column which are part of this constraint
*/
Iterable columnNames();
}