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56 package org.objectstyle.cayenne.map;
57
58 import java.util.Collection JavaDoc;
59
60 import org.objectstyle.cayenne.query.Query;
61
62 /**
63  * Defines API of a container of DbEntities, ObjEntities, Procedures, Queries
64  * and other mapping objects.
65  *
66  * @since 1.1
67  * @author Andrei Adamchik
68  */
69 public interface MappingNamespace {
70     /**
71      * Returns DbEntity for a given name, or null if no
72      * such DbEntity is found in the MappingNamespace.
73      */
74     public DbEntity getDbEntity(String JavaDoc name);
75
76     /**
77      * Returns ObjEntity for a given name, or null if no
78      * such ObjEntity is found in the MappingNamespace.
79      */
80     public ObjEntity getObjEntity(String JavaDoc name);
81
82     /**
83      * Returns Procedure for a given name, or null if no
84      * such Procedure is found in the MappingNamespace.
85      */
86     public Procedure getProcedure(String JavaDoc name);
87
88     /**
89      * Returns Query for a given name, or null if no
90      * such Query is found in the MappingNamespace.
91      */
92     public Query getQuery(String JavaDoc name);
93
94     /**
95      * Returns all DbEntities in the namespace.
96      */
97     public Collection JavaDoc getDbEntities();
98
99     /**
100      * Returns all ObjEntities in the namespace.
101      */
102     public Collection JavaDoc getObjEntities();
103
104     /**
105      * Returns all Procedures in the namespace.
106      */
107     public Collection JavaDoc getProcedures();
108
109     /**
110      * Returns all Queries in the namespace.
111      */
112     public Collection JavaDoc getQueries();
113 }
114
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