Derek Hulley 473c9ff1ff Merged 1.4 to HEAD
svn merge svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/V1.4@4329 svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/V1.4@4331 .
   svn merge svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/V1.4@4332 svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/V1.4@4339 .


git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/HEAD/root@4653 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1
* with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
* copy of the License at
*
* http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
* either express or implied. See the License for the specific
* language governing permissions and limitations under the
* License.
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary;
import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
/**
* Read-only definition of an Association.
*
* @author David Caruana
*
*/
public interface AssociationDefinition
{
/**
* @return defining model
*/
public ModelDefinition getModel();
/**
* @return the qualified name
*/
public QName getName();
/**
* @return the human-readable title
*/
public String getTitle();
/**
* @return the human-readable description
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* Is this a child association?
*
* @return true => child, false => general relationship
*/
public boolean isChild();
/**
* Is this association maintained by the Repository?
*
* @return true => system maintained, false => client may maintain
*/
public boolean isProtected();
/**
* @return the source class
*/
public ClassDefinition getSourceClass();
/**
* @return the role of the source class in this association?
*/
public QName getSourceRoleName();
/**
* Is the source class optional in this association?
*
* @return true => cardinality > 0
*/
public boolean isSourceMandatory();
/**
* Can there be many source class instances in this association?
*
* @return true => cardinality > 1, false => cardinality of 0 or 1
*/
public boolean isSourceMany();
/**
* @return the target class
*/
public ClassDefinition getTargetClass();
/**
* @return the role of the target class in this association?
*/
public QName getTargetRoleName();
/**
* Is the target class optional in this association?
*
* @return true => cardinality > 0
*/
public boolean isTargetMandatory();
/**
* Is the target class is mandatory, it is enforced?
*
* @return true => enforced
*/
public boolean isTargetMandatoryEnforced();
/**
* Can there be many target class instances in this association?
*
* @return true => cardinality > 1, false => cardinality of 0 or 1
*/
public boolean isTargetMany();
}