information-system-model/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/types/reference/relations/RelationTypeDefinition.java

package org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.relations;

import java.util.Set;

import org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.entities.BaseEntity;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.BaseRelation;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.annotations.ISProperty;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.impl.relations.RelationTypeDefinitionImpl;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.TypeDefinition;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.entities.EntityTypeDefinition;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.properties.PropertyDefinition;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
@JsonDeserialize(as = RelationTypeDefinitionImpl.class)
public interface RelationTypeDefinition<ES extends EntityTypeDefinition<S>, ET extends EntityTypeDefinition<T>, S extends BaseEntity, T extends BaseEntity>
		extends TypeDefinition, BaseRelation<ES,ET> {
	
	public static final String NAME = "RelationTypeDefinition"; // PropertyTypeDefiniton.class.getSimpleName();
	
	/* TypeDefinition is just a Java useful class. The type is not created in the IS. Hence the fields must be redefined */
	
	@Override
	@ISProperty(name = TypeDefinition.NAME_PROPERTY, readonly = true, mandatory = true, nullable = false)
	public String getName();
	
	@Override
	@ISProperty(name = TypeDefinition.DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY, readonly = false, mandatory = true, nullable = false)
	public String getDescription();
	
	@Override
	@ISProperty(name = TypeDefinition.ABSTRACT_PROPERTY, readonly = true, mandatory = true, nullable = false)
	public boolean isAbstract();

	@Override
	@ISProperty(name = TypeDefinition.TYPE_SUPERCLASSES_PROPERTY, readonly = true, mandatory = true, nullable = false)
	public Set<String> getSuperClasses();

	@Override
	@ISProperty(name = TypeDefinition.PROPERTIES_PROPERTY, readonly = false, mandatory = true, nullable = false)
	public Set<PropertyDefinition> getProperties();
	
	/*
	@Override
	@JsonIgnore
	public Header getHeader();
	*/
	
	@Override
	@JsonIgnore
	public ES getSource();
	
	@Override
	@JsonIgnore
	public ET getTarget();

	/* TypeDefinition is just a Java useful class. The type is not created in the IS. Hence the fields must be redefined */
	
	public String getSourceType();
	
	public String getTargetType();
	
}