/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 */
package org.hibernate.cfg;
import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XClass;
import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XProperty;

public interface PropertyData {

	/**
	 * @return default member access (whether field or property)
	 * @throws MappingException No getter or field found or wrong JavaBean spec usage
	 */
	AccessType getDefaultAccess();

	/**
	 * @return property name
	 * @throws MappingException No getter or field found or wrong JavaBean spec usage
	 */
	String getPropertyName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class itself or the element type if an array
	 */
	XClass getClassOrElement() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Return the class itself
	 */
	XClass getPropertyClass() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class name itself or the element type if an array
	 */
	String getClassOrElementName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class name itself
	 */
	String getTypeName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Return the Hibernate mapping property
	 */
	XProperty getProperty();

	/**
	 * Return the Class the property is declared on
	 * If the property is declared on a @MappedSuperclass,
	 * this class will be different than the PersistentClass's class
	 */
	XClass getDeclaringClass();
}