//$Id: KeyValue.java 6514 2005-04-26 06:37:54Z oneovthafew $
package org.hibernate.mapping;
import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
import org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerator;
/**
* Represents an identifying key of a table: the value for primary key
* of an entity, or a foreign key of a collection or join table or
* joined subclass table.
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface KeyValue extends Value {
public void createForeignKeyOfEntity(String entityName);
public boolean isCascadeDeleteEnabled();
public boolean isIdentityColumn(Dialect dialect);
public String getNullValue();
public boolean isUpdateable();
public IdentifierGenerator createIdentifierGenerator(
Dialect dialect,
String defaultCatalog,
String defaultSchema,
RootClass rootClass) throws MappingException;
}
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