/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Sun Microsystems. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
* which accompanies this distribution.
* The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
* and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
*
* Contributors:
* Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 - Version 2.0 (October 1, 2009)
* Specification available from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
*/
// $Id: $
package javax.persistence.criteria;
import javax.persistence.metamodel.PluralAttribute;
/**
* The <code>PluralJoin</code> interface defines functionality
* that is common to joins to all collection types. It is
* not intended to be used directly in query construction.
*
* @param <Z> the source type
* @param <C> the collection type
* @param <E> the element type of the collection
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface PluralJoin<Z, C, E> extends Join<Z, E> {
/**
* Return the metamodel representation for the collection-valued
* attribute corresponding to the join.
*
* @return metamodel collection-valued attribute corresponding
* to the target of the join
*/
PluralAttribute<? super Z, C, E> getModel();
}