1 // license-header java merge-point
2 //
3 // Attention: generated code (by Metafacade.vsl) - do not modify!
4 //
5 package org.andromda.cartridges.spring.metafacades;
6
7 import org.andromda.metafacades.uml.DependencyFacade;
8
9 /**
10 * Represents a dependency between spring objects.
11 *
12 * Metafacade interface to be used by AndroMDA cartridges.
13 */
14 public interface SpringDependency
15 extends DependencyFacade
16 {
17 /**
18 * Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).
19 *
20 * @return boolean always <code>true</code>
21 */
22 public boolean isSpringDependencyMetaType();
23
24 /**
25 * The name of the DAO reference getter name.
26 * @return String
27 */
28 public String getDaoGetterName();
29
30 /**
31 * The name given to a DAO reference.
32 * @return String
33 */
34 public String getDaoName();
35
36 /**
37 * The DAO reference setter's name.
38 * @return String
39 */
40 public String getDaoSetterName();
41
42 /**
43 * TODO: Model Documentation for
44 * org.andromda.cartridges.spring.metafacades.SpringDependency.transformationAnonymousName
45 * @return String
46 */
47 public String getTransformationAnonymousName();
48
49 /**
50 * The name of the constant designated for use as a transformation flag for value objects (only
51 * makes sense when this dependency goes into a value object).
52 * @return String
53 */
54 public String getTransformationConstantName();
55
56 /**
57 * Stores the transformation constrant name.
58 * @return int
59 */
60 public int getTransformationConstantValue();
61
62 /**
63 * The name of the method use for transformation into a value object (only makes sense when this
64 * dependency goes into a value object).
65 * @return String
66 */
67 public String getTransformationMethodName();
68
69 /**
70 * Returns the name of the method for transforming the contents of a collection to an array.
71 * @return String
72 */
73 public String getTransformationToArrayMethodName();
74
75 /**
76 * Returns the name of the method for transforming the contents of a collection.
77 * @return String
78 */
79 public String getTransformationToCollectionMethodName();
80
81 /**
82 * The method name that performs the value object collection to entity collection
83 * transformation.
84 * @return String
85 */
86 public String getTransformationToEntityCollectionMethodName();
87
88 /**
89 * The name of the "to entity" transformation method name.
90 * @return String
91 */
92 public String getTransformationToEntityMethodName();
93
94 /**
95 * The name of the class that performs the value object to entity transformation.
96 * @return String
97 */
98 public String getValueObjectToEntityTransformerName();
99
100 /**
101 * Indicates if this dependency is part of a circular reference (meaning that both entities
102 * reference each other).
103 * @return boolean
104 */
105 public boolean isCircularReference();
106 }