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// Copyright (c) 1998, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
package oracle.toplink.essentials.queryframework;
/**
* Purpose: The fetch group tracker interface provides a set of APIs which
* the domain object must implement, in order to take advantage of the TopLink fetch group
* performance enhancement feature.
*
* @see oracle.toplink.essentials.queryframework.FetchGroup
*
* @author King Wang
* @since TopLink 10.1.3
*/
public interface FetchGroupTracker {
/**
* Return the fetch group being tracked
*/
FetchGroup getFetchGroup();
/**
* Set a fetch group to be tracked.
*/
void setFetchGroup(FetchGroup group);
/**
* Return true if the attribute is in the fetch group being tracked.
*/
boolean isAttributeFetched(String attribute);
/**
* Reset all attributes of the tracked object to the unfetched state with initial default values.
*/
void resetFetchGroup();
/**
* Return true if the fecth group attributes should be refreshed
*/
boolean shouldRefreshFetchGroup();
/**
* Set true if the fecth group attributes should be refreshed
*/
void setShouldRefreshFetchGroup(boolean shouldRefreshFetchGroup);
}