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43: package org.deegree.io.datastore.schema;
44:
45: import org.deegree.model.feature.schema.PropertyType;
46:
47: /**
48: * Represents a mapped (persistent) property type in a GML feature type definition.
49: *
50: * @author <a href="mailto:mschneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider </a>
51: * @author <a href="mailto:deshmukh@lat-lon.de">Anup Deshmukh </a>
52: * @author last edited by: $Author: apoth $
53: *
54: * @version $Revision: 9342 $, $Date: 2007-12-27 04:32:57 -0800 (Thu, 27 Dec 2007) $
55: */
56: public interface MappedPropertyType extends PropertyType {
57:
58: /**
59: * Returns whether this property has to be considered when two instances of the parent feature
60: * are checked for equality.
61: *
62: * @return true, if this property is part of the feature's identity
63: */
64: public boolean isIdentityPart();
65:
66: /**
67: * Returns the path of {@link TableRelation}s that describe how to get to the table
68: * where the content is stored.
69: *
70: * @return path of TableRelations, may be null
71: */
72: public TableRelation[] getTableRelations();
73: }
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