/*
* Copyright 2008 Niclas Hedhman.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied.
*
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.qi4j.api.association;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import org.qi4j.api.property.StateHolder;
/**
* This represents the state of a entity (properties+associations).
*/
public interface AssociationStateHolder extends StateHolder
{
/**
* Get an association for a specific accessor method
*
* @param associationMethod for the association
*
* @return the association
*/
<T> Association<T> associationFor( AccessibleObject associationMethod );
/**
* Get all associations
*
* @return iterable of associations
*/
Iterable<? extends Association<?>> allAssociations();
/**
* Get a many-association for a specific accessor method
*
* @param manyassociationMethod for the many-association
*
* @return the association
*/
<T> ManyAssociation<T> manyAssociationFor( AccessibleObject manyassociationMethod );
/**
* Get all ManyAssociations
*
* @return iterable of many-associations
*/
Iterable<? extends ManyAssociation<?>> allManyAssociations();
}