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package org.hibernate.metamodel.relational;

import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;

Models a simple, non-compound value.
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Models a simple, non-compound value.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface SimpleValue extends Value {
	
Retrieve the datatype of this value.
Returns:
The value's datatype/**
	 * Retrieve the datatype of this value.
	 *
	 * @return The value's datatype
	 */
	public Datatype getDatatype();

	
Set the datatype of this value.
Params:
datatype – The value's datatype/**
	 * Set the datatype of this value.
	 *
	 * @param datatype The value's datatype
	 */
	public void setDatatype(Datatype datatype);

	
For any column name, generate an alias that is unique to that column name, unique across tables, and within alias size constraints determined by Dialect.getMaxAliasLength(). 
Params:
dialect – the dialect.
Returns:
the alias./**
	 * For any column name, generate an alias that is unique
	 * to that column name, unique across tables, and within
	 * alias size constraints determined by
	 * {@link org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect#getMaxAliasLength()}.
	 *
	 * @param dialect the dialect.
	 * @return the alias.
	 */
	public String getAlias(Dialect dialect);
}