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package org.hibernate.metamodel.binding;

Contract describing the attribute binding for singular associations (many-to-one, one-to-one). 
Author:
Gail Badner, Steve Ebersole/**
 * Contract describing the attribute binding for singular associations ({@code many-to-one}, {@code one-to-one}).
 *
 * @author Gail Badner
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
@SuppressWarnings( {"JavaDoc", "UnusedDeclaration"})
public interface SingularAssociationAttributeBinding extends SingularAttributeBinding, AssociationAttributeBinding {
	
Is this association based on a property reference (non PK column(s) as target of FK)?
 Convenience form of checking getReferencedAttributeName() for null. 
Returns:
/**
	 * Is this association based on a property reference (non PK column(s) as target of FK)?
	 * <p/>
	 * Convenience form of checking {@link #getReferencedAttributeName()} for {@code null}.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isPropertyReference();

	
Obtain the name of the referenced entity.
Returns:
The referenced entity name/**
	 * Obtain the name of the referenced entity.
	 *
	 * @return The referenced entity name
	 */
	public String getReferencedEntityName();

	
Set the name of the
Params:
referencedEntityName – /**
	 * Set the name of the
	 * @param referencedEntityName
	 */
	public void setReferencedEntityName(String referencedEntityName);

	public String getReferencedAttributeName();
	public void setReferencedAttributeName(String referencedAttributeName);


	// "resolvable"
	public void resolveReference(AttributeBinding attributeBinding);
	public boolean isReferenceResolved();
	public EntityBinding getReferencedEntityBinding();
	public AttributeBinding getReferencedAttributeBinding();
}