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package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter;
import org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filters;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecificationException;
public interface ObjectAssociationContainer {
/**
* Get the field object representing the field with the specified field
* identifier.
*
* Throw a {@link ObjectSpecificationException} if no such association
* exists.
*/
ObjectAssociation getAssociation(String id);
/**
* Return all the fields that exist in an object of this specification,
* although they need not all be accessible or visible.
*/
List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(Contributed contributed);
/**
* Returns all {@link ObjectAssociation} ({@link Contributed#INCLUDED including contributed actions})
* that match the supplied filter.
*/
@Deprecated
List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter);
/**
* Return all {@link ObjectAssociation}s matching the supplied filter.
*
* To get the statically visible fields (where any invisible and
* unauthorised fields have been removed) use
* <tt>ObjectAssociationFilters#staticallyVisible(...)</tt>
*
* @see Filters
*/
List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(Contributed contributed, Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter);
/**
* All {@link ObjectAssociation association}s that represent
* {@link OneToOneAssociation properties}.
*/
List<OneToOneAssociation> getProperties(Contributed contributed);
/**
* All {@link ObjectAssociation association}s that represents
* {@link OneToManyAssociation collections}.
*
* @return
*/
List<OneToManyAssociation> getCollections(Contributed contributed);
}