package com.netflix.astyanax.mapping;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
/**
* Allows for any annotations to be used to mark columns in a bean
*/
public interface AnnotationSet<ID extends Annotation, COLUMN extends Annotation> {
/**
* @return the Annotation class that marks a bean field as being the ID/Key
*/
public Class<ID> getIdAnnotation();
/**
* @return the Annotation class that marks a bean field as being
* persist-able.
*/
public Class<COLUMN> getColumnAnnotation();
/**
* Return the ID/Key name to use
*
* @param field
* the field from the bean
* @param annotation
* the id annotation
* @return name to use for the field (cannot be null)
*/
public String getIdName(Field field, ID annotation);
/**
* Return the column name to use for the given field. NOTE: if the field
* should not be persisted, return <code>null</code>.
*
* @param field
* the field from the bean
* @param annotation
* the column annotation
* @return name to use for the field or null
*/
public String getColumnName(Field field, COLUMN annotation);
}