Package: CollectionJoin

CollectionJoin

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1: /**
2: * Copyright (C) 2011 Czech Technical University in Prague
3: *
4: * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5: * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
6: * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
7: * later version.
8: *
9: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10: * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11: * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
12: * details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13: * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
14: */
15:
16: package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.query.criteria;
17:
18: import java.util.Collection;
19:
20: import cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.CollectionAttribute;
21:
22: /**
23: * The CollectionJoin interface is the type of the result of joining to a
24: * collection over an association or element collection that has been specified
25: * as a java.util.Collection.
26: *
27: * @param <Z>
28: * the source type of the join
29: * @param <E>
30: * the element type of the target Collection
31: */
32: public interface CollectionJoin<Z, E> extends PluralJoin<Z, Collection<E>, E> {
33:         /**
34:          * Return the metamodel representation for the collection attribute.
35:          *
36:          * @return metamodel type representing the Collection that is
37:          *
38:          * the target of the join
39:          */
40:         CollectionAttribute<? super Z, E> getModel();
41: }