foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/internal/eis/cobol/CompositeObject.java

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

import java.util.*;

/**
* <b>Purpose</b>: This interface defines api for composite fields/records.  It exists so that
* a composite object can be referred to generically within the parser.
*/
public interface CompositeObject {

    /** this method returns the name of the object */
    String getName();

    /** this method returns a Vector of fields that the object contains */
    Vector<FieldMetaData> getFields();

    /** this method sets the fields to the new values */
    void setFields(Vector<FieldMetaData> fields);

    /** this method adds a field to the fields Vector */
    void addField(FieldMetaData field);

    /** this method returns a field, if such a field exists, by the given name */
    FieldMetaData getFieldNamed(String fieldName);
}