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package org.apache.cayenne.dba;

import org.apache.cayenne.map.DataMap;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbAttribute;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbEntity;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.DbJoin;
import org.apache.cayenne.map.Entity;

/**
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface QuotingStrategy {

    /**
     * Returns a properly quoted identifier.
     * 
     * @deprecated since 4.0
     */
    @Deprecated
    String quoteString(String identifier);

    /**
     * @deprecated since 4.0 renamed to
     *             {@link #quotedFullyQualifiedName(DbEntity)}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    String quoteFullyQualifiedName(DbEntity entity);

    /**
     * Builds a fully qualified name from catalog, schema, name parts of
     * DbEntity, inclosing them in quotations according to this strategy
     * algorithm. Analog of "quotedIdentifier(entity.getCatalog(),
     * entity.getSchema(), entity.getName())".
     * 
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedFullyQualifiedName(DbEntity entity);

    /**
     * 
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedName(DbAttribute attribute);

    /**
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedSourceName(DbJoin join);

    /**
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedTargetName(DbJoin join);

    /**
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedIdentifier(Entity entity, String... identifierParts);
    
    /**
     * @since 4.0
     */
    String quotedIdentifier(DataMap dataMap, String... identifierParts);
}