Paul Holmes-Higgin cefda8c965 Updated header to LGPL
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.alfresco.repo.domain;
import org.alfresco.repo.domain.qname.QNameDAO;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.AssociationRef;
import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
/**
* Represents a generic association between two nodes. The association is named
* and bidirectional by default.
*
* @author Derek Hulley
*/
public interface NodeAssoc
{
/**
* Wires up the necessary bits on the source and target nodes so that the association
* is immediately bidirectional.
* <p>
* The association attributes still have to be set.
*
* @param sourceNode
* @param targetNode
*
* @see #setName(String)
*/
public void buildAssociation(Node sourceNode, Node targetNode);
/**
* Convenience method to retrieve the association's reference
*
* @param qnameDAO helper DAO
* @return the association's reference
*/
public AssociationRef getNodeAssocRef(QNameDAO qnameDAO);
/**
* Convenience method to retrieve the association's type QName
*
* @param qnameDAO helper DAO
* @return the association's type QName
*/
public QName getTypeQName(QNameDAO qnameDAO);
/**
* Convenience method to set the association's type
*
* @param qnameDAO the helper DAO
* @param typeQName the association's type QName
*/
public void setTypeQName(QNameDAO qnameDAO, QName typeQName);
public Long getId();
/**
* @return Returns the current version number
*/
public Long getVersion();
public Node getSource();
public Node getTarget();
/**
* @return Returns the type of the association
*/
public Long getTypeQNameId();
/**
* @param typeQNameId the association's dictionary type
*/
public void setTypeQNameId(Long typeQNameId);
}