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[simantics/platform.git] / bundles / org.simantics.objmap2 / src / org / simantics / objmap / backward / IBackwardLinkType.java

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+/*******************************************************************************\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Association for Decentralized Information Management in\r
+ * Industry THTH ry.\r
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials\r
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0\r
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at\r
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
+ *\r
+ * Contributors:\r
+ *     VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation\r
+ *******************************************************************************/\r
+package org.simantics.objmap.backward;\r
+\r
+import org.simantics.db.WriteGraph;\r
+import org.simantics.objmap.exceptions.MappingException;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Contains rules for creating and updating domain elements for given\r
+ * range elements.\r
+ * @author Hannu Niemistö\r
+ */\r
+public interface IBackwardLinkType<Domain, Range> extends IBackwardMappingRule<Domain, Range> {\r
+    /**\r
+     * Creates a domain element based on a known range element.\r
+     */\r
+    Domain createDomainElement(WriteGraph graph, Range rangeElement) throws MappingException;\r
+}\r