TemporaryContext.java

package org.jtheque.persistence;

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 * Copyright JTheque (Baptiste Wicht)
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/**
 * A temporary context for an entity. A temporary context is used during recovering or importing entities to temporary
 * store the old id to make the links between entities.
 *
 * @author Baptiste Wicht
 */
public interface TemporaryContext {
    /**
     * Return the id of the context.
     *
     * @return The id.
     */
    int getId();

    /**
     * Set the id of the context.
     *
     * @param id The new id to set.
     */
    void setId(int id);
}