foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/internal/oxm/mappings/CollectionReferenceMapping.java

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 *     Blaise Doughan - 2.5 - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.mappings;

import org.eclipse.persistence.core.descriptors.CoreDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.persistence.core.mappings.CoreAttributeAccessor;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.helper.CoreField;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.queries.CoreContainerPolicy;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.sessions.CoreAbstractSession;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record.UnmarshalRecord;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record.XMLRecord;

public interface CollectionReferenceMapping<
    ABSTRACT_SESSION extends CoreAbstractSession,
    ATTRIBUTE_ACCESSOR extends CoreAttributeAccessor,
    CONTAINER_POLICY extends CoreContainerPolicy,
    DESCRIPTOR extends CoreDescriptor,
    FIELD extends CoreField,    
    UNMARSHAL_RECORD extends UnmarshalRecord,
    XML_FIELD extends Field,
    XML_RECORD extends XMLRecord
    > extends ObjectReferenceMapping<ABSTRACT_SESSION, ATTRIBUTE_ACCESSOR, CONTAINER_POLICY, DESCRIPTOR, FIELD, UNMARSHAL_RECORD, XML_FIELD, XML_RECORD>, XMLContainerMapping {

    public void buildReference(UNMARSHAL_RECORD unmarshalRecord, XML_FIELD xmlField, Object value, ABSTRACT_SESSION session, Object container);
    	
    public void setUsesSingleNode(boolean useSingleNode);
    
    public void useCollectionClassName(String concreteContainerClassName);
    
    /**
     * For the purpose of XMLCollectionReferenceMappings, 'usesSingleNode' 
     * refers to the fact that the source key xpath fields should all be written as
     * space-separated lists. Would be used for mapping to an IDREFS field in a schema
     */
    public boolean usesSingleNode();

}