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1 /**
2  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004
3  * - France Telecom R&D
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Release: 1.0
20  *
21  * Authors: Olivier Lobry (olivier.lobry@francetelecom.com)
22  * Date: 8 sept. 2004
23  * Time: 17:13:32
24  */
25
26 package org.objectweb.jorm.mapper.rdb.metainfo;
27
28 import java.util.List JavaDoc;
29
30 /**
31  * The objective of this interface is to gather accessors to common rdb
32  * information. Actually, Rdb classes share a structure which can not however
33  * be factorized because those classes are already present in a hierarchy tree
34  * and since multiple inheritance is not permitted in Java...
35  */
36
37 public interface RdbMappingInfos {
38
39     /**
40      * Get the main table
41      * @return the main table
42      */
43     public RdbTable getMainTable();
44
45
46     /**
47      * get the list of external tables as a {RdbExternalTable}
48      * @return the list of external tables as a {RdbExternalTable}
49      */
50     public List JavaDoc getExternalTables();
51
52
53     /**
54      * get the list of external table names as a {String}
55      * @return the list of external table names as a {String}
56      */
57     public List JavaDoc getExternalTableNames();
58
59 }
60
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