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package org.apache.isis.objectstore.jdo.metamodel.facets.object.query;

import java.util.List;

import javax.jdo.annotations.Query;

import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.Facet;


/**
 * In the standard JDO Model, corresponds to annotating the class with either
 * {@link javax.jdo.annotations.Query} or
 * {@link javax.jdo.annotations.Queries}.
 * <p>
 * For a {@link javax.jdo.annotations.Query}, returns a singleton list of
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery}.
 * For a {@link javax.jdo.annotations.Queries}, returns a list of
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery}s.
 * <p>
 * In both cases, mapping is as follows
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link javax.jdo.annotations.Query#name()} ->
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery#getName()
 * getName()} property of JDO Object Store's own
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery} value object</li>
 * <li>{@link javax.jdo.annotations.Query#value()} ->
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery#getQuery()}
 * property of JDO Object Store's own
 * {@link JdoNamedQuery} value object</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Optional attributes of the {@link Query} annotation are not currently mapped.
 */
public interface JdoQueryFacet extends Facet {

    /**
     * Returns an immutable {@link List}.
     */
    List<JdoNamedQuery> getNamedQueries();
}
