oracle.jbo.server
Interface Association

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssociationDefBase, EntityAssociation, ViewLinkDefImpl

public interface Association

 NAME
      Association.java -
 DESCRIPTION

      An Association describes a relationship between two objects.

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Method Summary

AssociationEnd	findEndByName(java.lang.String endName)
java.lang.String	getAssociationClause()
AttributeDefImpl[]	getAttributeDefImpls()
AttributeDefImpl[]	getAttributeDefImplsByEndName(java.lang.String endName)
DefObject[]	getDefs()
AssociationEnd	getDestinationEnd()
RowDef	getDestinationOwner()
java.lang.String	getFullName()
java.lang.String	getName()
AttributeDefImpl[]	getOtherAttributeDefImpls()
java.lang.String	getReverseAssociationClause()
AssociationEnd	getSourceEnd()
RowDef	getSourceOwner()

Method Detail

getSourceEnd

AssociationEnd getSourceEnd()

Returns:

The AssociationDefImpls on both ends of this association.

getDestinationEnd

AssociationEnd getDestinationEnd()

getSourceOwner

RowDef getSourceOwner()

getDestinationOwner

RowDef getDestinationOwner()

getAttributeDefImpls

AttributeDefImpl[] getAttributeDefImpls()

Returns:

The AttributeDefImpls on one end of this association.

getOtherAttributeDefImpls

AttributeDefImpl[] getOtherAttributeDefImpls()

Returns:

The AttributeDefImpls on other end of this association.

getAttributeDefImplsByEndName

AttributeDefImpl[] getAttributeDefImplsByEndName(java.lang.String endName)

Returns:

The AttributeDefImpls for the end.

findEndByName

AssociationEnd findEndByName(java.lang.String endName)

getDefs

DefObject[] getDefs()

Returns:

The Defs on both ends of this association.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

getFullName

java.lang.String getFullName()

getAssociationClause

java.lang.String getAssociationClause()

getReverseAssociationClause

java.lang.String getReverseAssociationClause()