/*
* 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.loader;
/**
* Type definition of CollectionAliases.
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface CollectionAliases {
/**
* Returns the suffixed result-set column-aliases for columns making
* up the key for this collection (i.e., its FK to its owner).
*
* @return The key result-set column aliases.
*/
public String[] getSuffixedKeyAliases();
/**
* Returns the suffixed result-set column-aliases for the collumns
* making up the collection's index (map or list).
*
* @return The index result-set column aliases.
*/
public String[] getSuffixedIndexAliases();
/**
* Returns the suffixed result-set column-aliases for the columns
* making up the collection's elements.
*
* @return The element result-set column aliases.
*/
public String[] getSuffixedElementAliases();
/**
* Returns the suffixed result-set column-aliases for the column
* defining the collection's identifier (if any).
*
* @return The identifier result-set column aliases.
*/
public String getSuffixedIdentifierAlias();
/**
* Returns the suffix used to unique the column aliases for this
* particular alias set.
*
* @return The uniqued column alias suffix.
*/
public String getSuffix();
}