foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/internal/oxm/mappings/InverseReferenceMapping.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.core.mappings.CoreMapping;
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.XMLRecord;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy;

public interface InverseReferenceMapping<
    ABSTRACT_SESSION extends CoreAbstractSession,
    ATTRIBUTE_ACCESSOR extends CoreAttributeAccessor,
    CONTAINER_POLICY extends CoreContainerPolicy,
    DESCRIPTOR extends CoreDescriptor,
    FIELD extends CoreField,
    MAPPING extends CoreMapping,
    XML_RECORD extends XMLRecord> extends Mapping<ABSTRACT_SESSION, ATTRIBUTE_ACCESSOR, CONTAINER_POLICY, DESCRIPTOR, FIELD, XML_RECORD> {
	/**
     * This method is invoked reflectively on the reference object to return the value of the
     * attribute in the object. This method returns the name of the getMethodName or null if not using method access.
     */
    public String getGetMethodName();
	
    public MAPPING getInlineMapping();
    
    public String getReferenceClassName();
    
    public void setContainerPolicy(ContainerPolicy containerPolicy);

    public void setInlineMapping(MAPPING inlineMapping);
    
    public void setMappedBy(String mappedBy);

    public void setReferenceClassName(String aClassName);
	
    public void useCollectionClass(Class concreteClass);
}