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

Defines the index of a persistent list/array
Author:
Gail Badner, Steve Ebersole/**
 * Defines the index of a persistent list/array
 *
 * @author Gail Badner
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface PluralAttributeSequentialIndexSource extends PluralAttributeIndexSource, RelationalValueSourceContainer {
	
Hibernate allows specifying the base value to use when storing the index
to the database.  This reports that "offset" value.
Returns:
The index base value./**
	 * Hibernate allows specifying the base value to use when storing the index
	 * to the database.  This reports that "offset" value.
	 *
	 * @return The index base value.
	 */
	int getBase();
}