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package org.apache.jackrabbit.spi;

import javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinition;

/**
 * <code>QPropertyDefinition</code> is the SPI representation of
 * a {@link PropertyDefinition property definition}. It refers to <code>Name</code>s,
 * SPI default values and value constraints only and is thus isolated
 * from session-specific namespace mappings.
 *
 * @see javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinition
 */
public interface QPropertyDefinition extends QItemDefinition {

    /**
     * Empty array of <code>QPropertyDefinition</code>.
     */
    public static final QPropertyDefinition[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new QPropertyDefinition[0];

    /**
     * Returns the required type.
     *
     * @return the required type.
     */
    public int getRequiredType();

    /**
     * Returns the array of value constraints.
     *
     * @return the array of value constraints.
     */
    public QValueConstraint[] getValueConstraints();

    /**
     * Returns the array of default values or <code>null</code> if no default
     * values are defined.
     *
     * @return the array of default values or <code>null</code>
     */
    public QValue[] getDefaultValues();

    /**
     * Reports whether this property can have multiple values.
     *
     * @return the 'multiple' flag.
     */
    public boolean isMultiple();

    /**
     * Returns the available query operators.
     *
     * @return the available query operators.
     * @since JCR 2.0
     */
    public String[] getAvailableQueryOperators();

    /**
     * Reports whether this property definition is full text searchable.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if this property definition is full text searchable.
     * @since JCR 2.0
     */
    public boolean isFullTextSearchable();

    /**
     * Reports whether this property definition is query-orderable.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if this property definition is query-orderable.
     * @since JCR 2.0
     */
    public boolean isQueryOrderable();
}