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

import java.util.List;

Contract for a container of RelationalValueSource references. Multiple types of things operate as sources of "relational value" information; some examples include:

    
id attribute(s) mappings
    
basic attribute mappings
    
composite attribute mappings
    
plural attribute mappings
    
etc
 Not only does it provide access to the relational value sources (getRelationalValueSources(), it also defines contextual information for those sources in terms of default values. See RelationalValueSource for additional details. 
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Contract for a container of {@link RelationalValueSource} references.  Multiple types of things operate as sources
 * of "relational value" information; some examples include:<ul>
 *     <li>id attribute(s) mappings</li>
 *     <li>basic attribute mappings</li>
 *     <li>composite attribute mappings</li>
 *     <li>plural attribute mappings</li>
 *     <li>etc</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * Not only does it provide access to the relational value sources ({@link #getRelationalValueSources()}, it also defines
 * contextual information for those sources in terms of default values.
 *
 * See {@link RelationalValueSource} for additional details.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface RelationalValueSourceContainer extends ColumnBindingDefaults {
	
Obtain the contained RelationalValueSource references. 
Returns:
The contained RelationalValueSource references./**
	 * Obtain the contained {@link RelationalValueSource} references.
	 *
	 * @return The contained {@link RelationalValueSource} references.
	 */
	public List<RelationalValueSource> getRelationalValueSources();

}