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 * Copyright (c) 2007,2009 Declarative Engineering LLC.
 * All rights reserved.  This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Declarative Engineering LLC
 * verson 1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://declarativeengineering.com/legal/DE_Developer_License_v1.txt
 */
package com.foundation.view.definition;

import com.foundation.view.builder.IClassMetadataLoader;

public interface IAssociationAbstractTargetPart extends IAssociationAbstractPart {
/**
 * Gets the name of the value holder associated with the part.
 * @return The the name of the value holder that defines the getter/setter methods.
 */
public String getValueHolderName();
/**
 * Sets the name of the value holder associated with the part.
 * <p><b>Warning: This method will clear the getter/setter data.</b></p>
 * @param valueHolderName The the name of the value holder that defines the getter/setter methods.
 */
public void setValueHolderName(String valueHolderName);
/**
 * Gets the qualified class name for the row class.
 * @return The qualified class name of the row type supported by this association which may be null in certain cases.
 */
public String getRowTypeName();
/**
 * Sets the qualified class name for the row class.
 * @param rowTypeName The qualified class name of the row type supported by this association which may be null in certain cases.
 */
public void setRowTypeName(String rowTypeName);
/**
 * Gets whether the association should invert the boolean result.
 * <p>This is only allowed (it is optional) for associations which have a type of java.lang.Boolean.</p>
 * @return Whether the boolean result should be inverted.
 */
public Boolean getInvertLogic();
/**
 * Sets whether the association should invert the boolean result.
 * <p>This is only allowed (it is optional) for associations which have a type of java.lang.Boolean.</p>
 * @param invertLogic Whether the boolean result should be inverted.
 */
public void setInvertLogic(Boolean invertLogic);
/**
 * Gets the getter method name for the attribute.
 * @return The name of the getter method used to access the value.
 */
public String getGetterName();
/**
 * Gets the setter method name for the attribute.
 * @return The name of the setter method used to set the value.
 */
public String getSetterName();
/**
 * Gets the getter method's signature in class file format.
 * @return The signature that unqiuely identifies the getter method.
 */
public String getGetterSignature();
/**
 * Gets the setter method's signature in class file format.
 * @return The signature that unqiuely identifies the setter method.
 */
public String getSetterSignature();
/**
 * Gets the default row-type name for the target part.
 * @return The row-type name defined by the related value-holder.  The value-holder may be specified by the group part if this is an immediate child of the group part.
 */
public String getDefaultRowTypeName();
/**
 * Gets whether the association is capable of being linked to decorations.
 * @return Whether the association should access decorations.
 */
public Boolean getDecorationCapable();
/**
 * Gets the decoration attribute name.  This may be null if the decorations are attached to the association's input object directly.
 * @return The attribute name or null.
 */
public String getDecorationAttribute();
/**
 * Gets the getter method name used to access the original value for the association.
 * @return The method called when the association needs the original value (the value the new value is over writing).
 */
public String getOriginalValueGetterName();
/**
 * Gets the getter method signature used to access the original value for the association.
 * @return The signature for the method called when the association needs the original value (the value the new value is over writing).
 */
public String getOriginalValueGetterSignature();
/**
 * Gets the getter method's signature class names in java source format.
 * @return The collection of signature parameter qualified class names in java source format.
 */
public String[] getGetterSignatureTypeNames();
/**
 * Gets the original value getter method's signature class names in java source format.
 * @return The collection of signature parameter qualified class names in java source format.
 */
public String[] getOriginalValueGetterSignatureTypeNames();
/**
 * Gets the setter method's signature class names in java source format.
 * @return The collection of signature parameter qualified class names in java source format.
 */
public String[] getSetterSignatureTypeNames();
/**
 * Gets the method's return type's qualified name.
 * @param applicationClassMetadataLoader The class metadata loader to use when loading application class metadata.
 * @return The getter method's return type which will always be non-null.
 */
public String getGetterResultType(IClassMetadataLoader applicationClassMetadataLoader);
}//IAssociationAbstractTargetPart//