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036 package org.deegree.io.datastore.sql.wherebuilder;
037
038 import org.deegree.io.datastore.schema.MappedPropertyType;
039 import org.deegree.io.datastore.schema.TableRelation;
040
041 /**
042 * Represents a {@link MappedPropertyType} as a node in a {@link QueryTableTree}.
043 *
044 * @author <a href="mailto:schneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider </a>
045 * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
046 *
047 * @version $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $
048 */
049 public interface PropertyNode {
050
051 /**
052 * Returns the {@link MappedPropertyType} that this node represents.
053 *
054 * @return the MappedPropertyType that this node represents
055 */
056 MappedPropertyType getProperty();
057
058 /**
059 * Returns the parent feature type node.
060 *
061 * @return the parent feature type node
062 */
063 FeatureTypeNode getParent();
064
065 /**
066 * Returns the table relations that lead from the parent feature type node's table to the table
067 * associated with this property.
068 *
069 * @return the table relations that lead from the parent feature type node's table
070 */
071 TableRelation[] getPathFromParent();
072
073 /**
074 * Returns the aliases for the target tables in the table relations.
075 *
076 * @return the aliases for the target tables
077 */
078 String[] getTableAliases();
079
080 /**
081 * Returns an indented string representation of the object.
082 *
083 * @param indent
084 * current indentation (contains spaces to be prepended)
085 * @return an indented string representation of the object
086 */
087 String toString( String indent );
088 }