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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
7    * 
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.apache.jdo.model.jdo;
18  
19  /***
20   * A JDOProperty instance represents the JDO metadata of a property of a
21   * persistence-capable class. 
22   *
23   * @author Michael Bouschen
24   */
25  public interface JDOProperty
26      extends JDOField
27  {
28      /*** 
29       * Return the JDOField instance associated with this property, if
30       * available. If there is no JDOField instance associated, then the method
31       * returns <code>null</code>.
32       * @return associated JDOField instance or <code>null</code> if not
33       * available.
34       */
35      public JDOField getAssociatedJDOField();
36  }