MetamodelEntityBuilder.java

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package org.teiid.designer.metamodels.builder;

import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/** 
 * MetamodelEntityBuilder interface
 *
 * @since 8.0
 */
public interface MetamodelEntityBuilder {
	
    /**
     * Create a Metamodel entity from the supplied record - Using the record the entity
     * will be created, added to the appropriate parent and have the given propery values set.
     * @param MetamodelEntityRecord the record description of the entity to be created.
     * @return EObject the generated EObject
     */
    public EObject create(MetamodelEntityRecord entityRecord, IProgressMonitor monitor);  

    /**
     * Create list of entities from the supplied record List
     * @param entityRecords the list of records describing the entities to be created.
     * @return List the generated EObjects
     */
    public List create(List entityRecords, IProgressMonitor monitor);  

}