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-/**
- * <copyright>
- *
- * Service Data Objects
- * Version 2.1.0
- * Licensed Materials
- *
- * (c) Copyright BEA Systems, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation,
- * Oracle Corporation, Primeton Technologies Ltd., Rogue Wave Software, SAP AG.,
- * Software AG., Sun Microsystems, Sybase Inc., Xcalia, Zend Technologies,
- * 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.
- *
- * </copyright>
- *
- */
-
-package commonj.sdo;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * A representation of a Property in the {@link Type type} of a {@link DataObject data object}.
- */
-public interface Property
-{
- /**
- * Returns the name of the Property.
- * @return the Property name.
- */
- String getName();
-
- /**
- * Returns the type of the Property.
- * @return the Property type.
- */
- Type getType();
-
- /**
- * Returns whether the Property is many-valued.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the Property is many-valued.
- */
- boolean isMany();
-
- /**
- * Returns whether the Property is containment, i.e., whether it represents by-value composition.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the Property is containment.
- */
- boolean isContainment();
-
- /**
- * Returns the containing type of this Property.
- * @return the Property's containing type.
- * @see Type#getProperties()
- */
- Type getContainingType();
-
- /**
- * Returns the default value this Property will have in a {@link DataObject data object} where the Property hasn't been set.
- * @return the default value.
- */
- Object getDefault();
-
- /**
- * Returns true if values for this Property cannot be modified using the SDO APIs.
- * When true, DataObject.set(Property property, Object value) throws an exception.
- * Values may change due to other factors, such as services operating on DataObjects.
- * @return true if values for this Property cannot be modified.
- */
- boolean isReadOnly();
-
- /**
- * Returns the opposite Property if the Property is bi-directional or null otherwise.
- * @return the opposite Property if the Property is bi-directional or null
- */
- Property getOpposite();
-
- /**
- * Returns a list of alias names for this Property.
- * @return a list of alias names for this Property.
- */
- List /*String*/ getAliasNames();
-
- /**
- * Returns whether or not instances of this property can be set to null. The effect of calling set(null) on a non-nullable
- * property is not specified by SDO.
- * @return true if this property is nullable.
- */
- boolean isNullable();
-
- /**
- * Returns whether or not this is an open content Property.
- * @return true if this property is an open content Property.
- */
- boolean isOpenContent();
-
- /**
- * Returns a read-only List of instance Properties available on this Property.
- * <p>
- * This list includes, at a minimum, any open content properties (extensions) added to
- * the object before {@link commonj.sdo.helper.TypeHelper#define(DataObject) defining
- * the Property's Type}. Implementations may, but are not required to in the 2.1 version
- * of SDO, provide additional instance properties.
- * @return the List of instance Properties on this Property.
- */
- List /*Property*/ getInstanceProperties();
-
- /**
- * Returns the value of the specified instance property of this Property.
- * @param property one of the properties returned by {@link #getInstanceProperties()}.
- * @return the value of the specified property.
- * @see DataObject#get(Property)
- */
- Object get(Property property);
-
-}