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package org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.model;

import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd;

/**
 * <p>
 * A view on Java Persistence Entity Relationship and Entity Data Model
 * Association End.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * The implementation of the view provides access to EDM Association Ends
 * created from Java Persistence Entity Relationships. The implementation acts
 * as a container for Association Ends.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @org.apache.olingo.odata2.DoNotImplement
 * @see org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.model.JPAEdmAssociationView
 * 
 */
public interface JPAEdmAssociationEndView extends JPAEdmBaseView {

  /**
   * The method gets the one of the association ends present in the container.
   * 
   * @return one of the {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd} for an
   * {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.Association}
   */
  AssociationEnd getEdmAssociationEnd2();

  /**
   * The method gets the other association end present in the container.
   * 
   * @return one of the {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd} for an
   * {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.Association}
   */
  AssociationEnd getEdmAssociationEnd1();

  /**
   * The method compares two ends {<b>end1, end2</b>} of an
   * {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd} against its
   * two ends.
   * 
   * The Method compares the following properties in each end for equality <i>
   * <ul>
   * <li>{@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.FullQualifiedName} of End Type</li>
   * <li>{@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.EdmMultiplicity} of End</li>
   * </ul>
   * </i>
   * 
   * @param end1
   * one end of type {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd} of
   * an {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.Association}
   * @param end2
   * other end of type {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.AssociationEnd} of
   * an {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.provider.Association} <p>
   * @return <ul>
   * <li><i>true</i> - Only if the properties of <b>end1</b> matches
   * with all the properties of any one end and only if the properties
   * of <b>end2</b> matches with all the properties of the remaining
   * end</li> <li><i>false</i> - Otherwise</li>
   * </ul>
   */
  boolean compare(AssociationEnd end1, AssociationEnd end2);

  String[] getJoinColumnNames();

  String[] getJoinColumnReferenceColumnNames();

  String getMappedByName();

  String getOwningPropertyName();

}