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package org.databene.benerator.engine.statement;

import java.util.List;

import org.databene.benerator.engine.BeneratorContext;
import org.databene.benerator.engine.Statement;
import org.databene.jdbacl.identity.IdentityProvider;
import org.databene.jdbacl.identity.KeyMapper;
import org.databene.model.data.ComplexTypeDescriptor;
import org.databene.model.data.Entity;
import org.databene.platform.db.DBSystem;

/**
 * Interface for transcoding classes that can be parents of cascade operations.<br/><br/>
 * Created: 18.04.2011 08:35:04
 * @since 0.6.6
 * @author Volker Bergmann
 */
public interface CascadeParent extends Statement {
	void addSubStatement(Statement subStatement);
	DBSystem getSource(BeneratorContext context);
	DBSystem getTarget(BeneratorContext context);
	Entity currentEntity();
	KeyMapper getKeyMapper();
	IdentityProvider getIdentityProvider();
	boolean needsNkMapping(String type);
	ComplexTypeDescriptor getType(DBSystem db, BeneratorContext context);
	List<Statement> getSubStatements();
}