1 /** 2 * JORM: an implementation of a generic mapping system for persistent Java 3 * objects. Two mapping are supported: to RDBMS and to binary files. 4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D - INRIA 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 19 * 20 * Contact: jorm-team@objectweb.org 21 * 22 */ 23 24 package org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api; 25 26 /** 27 * The FieldName interface defines methods to reference an already 28 * existing Field. 29 * @author X. Spengler 30 */ 31 public interface FieldName extends MetaObject { 32 /** 33 * Returns the name of the referenced field. 34 * 35 * @return the string representation of the referenced field 36 */ 37 String getField(); 38 39 /** 40 * Allows to set the name of the referenced field. 41 * 42 * @param field the string representation of the referenced field 43 */ 44 void setField(String field); 45 } 46