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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
7    * 
8    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.apache.jdo.model.jdo;
18  
19  import org.apache.jdo.model.ModelException;
20  
21  /***
22   * This is the super interface for named JDO metadata elements, 
23   * such as JDOClass and JDOField.
24   *
25   * @author Michael Bouschen
26   */
27  public interface JDOMember
28      extends JDOElement, Comparable 
29  {
30      /***
31       * Returns the name of this JDOMember.
32       * @return the name
33       */
34      public String getName();
35  
36      /*** 
37       * Get the declaring class of this JDOMember.
38       * @return the class that owns this JDOMember, or <code>null</code>
39       * if the element is not attached to any class
40       */
41      public JDOClass getDeclaringClass();
42  }