/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jspresso is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.model.descriptor;
/**
* This is the super-interface of all inter-component relationship descriptors.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
*/
public interface IRelationshipEndPropertyDescriptor extends IPropertyDescriptor {
/**
* Gets the reverse relationship descriptor of the underlying relation.
*
* @return the reverse relation end.
*/
IRelationshipEndPropertyDescriptor getReverseRelationEnd();
/**
* Gets whether this collection property is a composition. If true, it means
* that whenever the holding bean gets deleted, the referenced beans will also
* be.
*
* @return true if this is a composition relationship.
*/
boolean isComposition();
/**
* Sets the reverse relationship descriptor of the underlying relation.
* Implementing classes are supposed to reflexively set both relation ends.
*
* @param reverseRelationEnd
* the reverse relation end.
*/
void setReverseRelationEnd(
IRelationshipEndPropertyDescriptor reverseRelationEnd);
}