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package org.hibernate.metamodel.binding;

import java.util.Comparator;

import org.hibernate.metamodel.domain.PluralAttribute;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.relational.TableSpecification;
import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;

Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface PluralAttributeBinding extends  AssociationAttributeBinding {
	// todo : really it is the element (and/or index) that can be associative not the collection itself...

	@Override
	public PluralAttribute getAttribute();

	public CollectionKey getCollectionKey();

	public AbstractCollectionElement getCollectionElement();

	public TableSpecification getCollectionTable();

	public boolean isMutable();

	public Caching getCaching();

	public Class<? extends CollectionPersister> getCollectionPersisterClass();

	public String getCustomLoaderName();

	public CustomSQL getCustomSqlInsert();

	public CustomSQL getCustomSqlUpdate();

	public CustomSQL getCustomSqlDelete();

	public CustomSQL getCustomSqlDeleteAll();

	public boolean isOrphanDelete();

	String getWhere();

	boolean isSorted();

	Comparator getComparator();

	int getBatchSize();

	java.util.Map getFilterMap();

	boolean isInverse();

	String getOrderBy();
}