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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.metamodel.relational;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Basic contract for the types of constraints we fully support as metadata constructs:<ul>
* <li>primary key</li>
* <li>foreign key</li>
* <li>unique constraint</li>
* </ul>
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface Constraint extends Exportable {
/**
* Obtain the table to which this constraint applies.
*
* @return The constrained table.
*/
public TableSpecification getTable();
/**
* Obtain the constraint name.
*
* @return the name.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Obtain the columns that are part of this constraint.
*
* @return The constrained columns.
*/
public Iterable<Column> getColumns();
}