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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.Origin;

Common contract between Entity and MappedSuperclass sources. The terminology is taken from JPA's IdentifiableType 
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Common contract between Entity and MappedSuperclass sources.  The
 * terminology is taken from JPA's {@link javax.persistence.metamodel.IdentifiableType}
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface IdentifiableTypeSource extends AttributeSourceContainer {
	
Obtain the origin of this source.
Returns:
The origin of this source./**
	 * Obtain the origin of this source.
	 *
	 * @return The origin of this source.
	 */
	public Origin getOrigin();

	
Get the hierarchy this belongs to.
Returns:
The hierarchy this belongs to./**
	 * Get the hierarchy this belongs to.
	 *
	 * @return The hierarchy this belongs to.
	 */
	public EntityHierarchySource getHierarchy();

	
Obtain the metadata-building context local to this entity source.
Returns:
The local binding context/**
	 * Obtain the metadata-building context local to this entity source.
	 *
	 * @return The local binding context
	 */
	public LocalMetadataBuildingContext getLocalMetadataBuildingContext();

	
Get the name of this type.
Returns:
The name of this type./**
	 * Get the name of this type.
	 *
	 * @return The name of this type.
	 */
	public String getTypeName();

	public IdentifiableTypeSource getSuperType();

	
Access the subtype sources for types extending from this type source,
Returns:
Sub-type sources/**
	 * Access the subtype sources for types extending from this type source,
	 *
	 * @return Sub-type sources
	 */
	public Collection<IdentifiableTypeSource> getSubTypes();

	
Access to the sources describing JPA lifecycle callbacks.
Returns:
JPA lifecycle callback sources/**
	 * Access to the sources describing JPA lifecycle callbacks.
	 *
	 * @return JPA lifecycle callback sources
	 */
	public List<JpaCallbackSource> getJpaCallbackClasses();
}