foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/eis/mappings/EISTransformationMapping.java

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// Contributors:
//     Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink
package org.eclipse.persistence.eis.mappings;

import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractTransformationMapping;

/**
 * <p>EIS Transformation Mappings allow the creation of custom mappings where one or more fields
 * in an EIS Record can be used to create the object to be stored in a Java class's attribute.
 *
 * <table border="1">
 * <caption>Record formats</caption>
 * <tr>
 * <th id="c1">Record Type</th>
 * <th id="c2">Description</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td headers="c1">Indexed</td>
 * <td headers="c2">Ordered collection of record elements.  The indexed record EIS format
 * enables Java class attribute values to be retreived by position or index.</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td headers="c1">Mapped</td>
 * <td headers="c2">Key-value map based representation of record elements.  The mapped record
 * EIS format enables Java class attribute values to be retreived by an object key.</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td headers="c1">XML</td>
 * <td headers="c2">Record/Map representation of an XML DOM element.</td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.eis.EISDescriptor#useIndexedRecordFormat
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.eis.EISDescriptor#useMappedRecordFormat
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.eis.EISDescriptor#useXMLRecordFormat
 *
 * @since Oracle TopLink 10<i>g</i> Release 2 (10.1.3)
 */
public class EISTransformationMapping extends AbstractTransformationMapping implements EISMapping {
    public EISTransformationMapping() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isEISMapping() {
        return true;
    }
}