EntityItemProperty.java

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package com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer;

import com.vaadin.v7.data.Property;

/**
 * Interface defining the Properties that are contained in a {@link EntityItem}.
 * 
 * @author Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface EntityItemProperty extends Property,
        Property.ValueChangeNotifier {

    /**
     * Gets the EntityItem that owns this property.
     * 
     * @return the item (never null).
     */
    public EntityItem<?> getItem();
    
    /**
     * Gets the property id of this property.
     * 
     * @return the identifier of the property
     */
    public String getPropertyId();

    /**
     * Fires value change event for this property
     */
    void fireValueChangeEvent();
}