SchemaLocationResolver.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.sdo.helper;

import commonj.sdo.Type;

/**
 * <p><b>Purpose</b>: Interface that can be optionally implemented to resolve the
 * value for the schemaLocation attribute of generated imports and includes when generating schemas.
 * Provides a more flexible solution than the optional namespaceToSchemaLocation Map that
 * can be given to the generate method.
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.sdo.helper.DefaultSchemaLocationResolver
 */
public interface SchemaLocationResolver {

    /**
     * Return the value for the schemaLocation attribute of the generated Import
     * @param sourceType the source type
     * @param targetType the target type
     * @return the value for the schemaLocation attribute of the generated Import
     */
    public String resolveSchemaLocation(Type sourceType, Type targetType);
}