/*
* Copyright (c) 2007, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
*/
package org.qi4j.api.association;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import org.qi4j.api.common.QualifiedName;
import org.qi4j.api.structure.MetaInfoHolder;
/**
* Association Descriptor.
*/
public interface AssociationDescriptor extends MetaInfoHolder
{
/**
* Get the qualified name of the association. This is constructed by
* concatenating the name of the declaring interface with the name
* of the method, using ":" as separator. Example:<br/>
* com.somecompany.MyInterface with association method<br/>
* Association<String> someAssociation();<br/>
* will have the qualified name:<br/>
* com.somecompany.MyInterface:someAssociation
*
* @return the qualified name of the association
*/
QualifiedName qualifiedName();
/**
* Get the type of the associated Entities
*
* @return the type of the associated Entities
*/
Type type();
boolean isImmutable();
boolean isAggregated();
AccessibleObject accessor();
boolean queryable();
}