SimpleDbEntityInformation.java

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package org.springframework.data.simpledb.repository.support.entityinformation;

import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Extension of {@link org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation} to capture aditional JPA specific
 * information about entities.
 * 
 */
public interface SimpleDbEntityInformation<T, ID extends Serializable> extends EntityInformation<T, ID>,
		SimpleDBEntityMappingInformation<T> {

	String getDomain();

	String getItemName(T entity);

	Map<String, String> getAttributes(T entity);

	void validateReferenceFields(List<Field> referenceFields);
}