001// license-header java merge-point
002//
003// Attention: generated code (by Metafacade.vsl) - do not modify!
004//
005package org.andromda.cartridges.hibernate.metafacades;
006
007import org.andromda.metafacades.uml.ClassifierFacade;
008
009/**
010 * Represents an embedded object, a part of an entity. It behaves a lot like a HibernateEntity, has
011 * Attributes of type HibernateEntityAttribute, has BusinessOperations, but has no own identity.
012 * Most of the HibernateEntity templates are also used for this metafacade.
013 *
014 * Metafacade interface to be used by AndroMDA cartridges.
015 */
016public interface HibernateEmbeddedValue
017    extends ClassifierFacade
018{
019    /**
020     * Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).
021     *
022     * @return boolean always <code>true</code>
023     */
024    public boolean isHibernateEmbeddedValueMetaType();
025
026    /**
027     * the name of the implementation class.
028     * @return String
029     */
030    public String getImplementationName();
031
032    /**
033     * TODO: Model Documentation for
034     * org.andromda.cartridges.hibernate.metafacades.HibernateEmbeddedValue.immutable
035     * @return boolean
036     */
037    public boolean isImmutable();
038}