Package: PluralJoin

PluralJoin

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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 cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.PluralAttribute;
19:
20: /**
21: * The PluralJoin interface defines functionality that is common to joins to all
22: * collection types. It is not intended to be used directly in query
23: * construction.
24: *
25: * @param <Z>
26: * the source type
27: * @param <C>
28: * the collection type
29: * @param <E>
30: * the element type of the collection
31: */
32: public interface PluralJoin<Z, C, E> extends Join<Z, E> {
33:         /**
34:          * Return the metamodel representation for the collection-valued attribute
35:          * corresponding to the join.
36:          *
37:          * @return metamodel collection-valued attribute corresponding
38:          *
39:          * to the target of the join
40:          */
41:         PluralAttribute<? super Z, C, E> getModel();
42: }