Lidarr/Marr.Data/Mapping/Strategies/IMapStrategy.cs

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/* Copyright (C) 2008 - 2011 Jordan Marr
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace Marr.Data.Mapping.Strategies
{
/// <summary>
/// A strategy for creating mappings for a given entity.
/// </summary>
public interface IMapStrategy
{
/// <summary>
/// Creates a table map for a given entity type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityType"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
string MapTable(Type entityType);
/// <summary>
/// Creates a ColumnMapCollection for a given entity type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityType">The entity that is being mapped.</param>
ColumnMapCollection MapColumns(Type entityType);
/// <summary>
/// Creates a RelationshpCollection for a given entity type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityType">The entity that is being mapped.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
RelationshipCollection MapRelationships(Type entityType);
}
}