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*
* Contributors:
* Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink
* 05/16/2008-1.0M8 Guy Pelletier
* - 218084: Implement metadata merging functionality between mapping files
* 03/08/2010-2.1 Guy Pelletier
* - 303632: Add attribute-type for mapping attributes to EclipseLink-ORM
* 01/25/2011-2.3 Guy Pelletier
* - 333913: @OrderBy and <order-by/> without arguments should order by primary
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataLogger;
/**
* INTERNAL:
* Parent object that is used to hold onto a valid JPA decorated method
* field, class or file.
*
* @author Guy Pelletier
* @since TopLink 10.1.3/EJB 3.0 Preview
*/
public abstract class MetadataAccessibleObject {
protected MetadataFactory m_factory;
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public MetadataAccessibleObject(MetadataFactory factory) {
m_factory = factory;
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
* Return the attribute name of this accessible object.
*/
public abstract String getAttributeName();
/**
* INTERNAL:
* Return the name of this accessible object.
*/
public abstract String getName();
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public MetadataLogger getLogger() {
return m_factory.getLogger();
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public MetadataFactory getMetadataFactory() {
return m_factory;
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public MetadataClass getMetadataClass(String className) {
return m_factory.getMetadataClass(className, true);
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public void setMetadataFactory(MetadataFactory factory) {
m_factory = factory;
}
}