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| Interface ArcProperty</H2> |
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| <DT><PRE>public interface <B>ArcProperty</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/property/Property.html" title="interface in org.objectstyle.cayenne.property">Property</A></DL> |
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| A Property that represents an "arc" connecting source node to the target node in the |
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| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.2</DD> |
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| <DD>Andrus Adamchik</DD> |
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| <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/property/ArcProperty.html" title="interface in org.objectstyle.cayenne.property">ArcProperty</A></CODE></FONT></TD> |
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| Returns a complimentary reverse ArcProperty or null if no reverse arc exists.</TD> |
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| Returns a ClassDescriptor for the type of graph nodes pointed to by this arc |
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| <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
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| <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/property/ArcProperty.html" title="interface in org.objectstyle.cayenne.property">ArcProperty</A> <B>getComplimentaryReverseArc</B>()</PRE> |
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| <DD>Returns a ClassDescriptor for the type of graph nodes pointed to by this arc |
| property. Note that considering that a target object may be a subclass of the class |
| handled by the descriptor, users of this method may need to call |
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