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package org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.changesets; | |
import java.util.*; | |
/** | |
* <p> | |
* <b>Purpose</b>: This interface defines the API for the changeRecord that maintains the changes made to a collection attribute of | |
* an object. | |
* <p> | |
* <b>Description</b>: The CollectionChangeRecord stores a list of objects removed from the collection and a separate list of objects | |
* added to a collection | |
*/ | |
public interface CollectionChangeRecord extends ChangeRecord { | |
/** | |
* ADVANCED: | |
* This method returns the Map that contains the added values to the collection | |
* and their corresponding ChangeSets. | |
* @return java.util.Vector | |
*/ | |
public Map getAddObjectList(); | |
/** | |
* ADVANCED: | |
* This method returns the Map that contains the removed values from the collection | |
* and their corresponding ChangeSets. | |
* @return java.util.Vector | |
*/ | |
public Map getRemoveObjectList(); | |
/** | |
* ADVANCED: | |
* This method returns true if the change set has changes | |
* @return boolean | |
*/ | |
public boolean hasChanges(); | |
} |