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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary.UniqueSQLObjectDescriptor\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.catalog.UUID;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * This is a descriptor for something that is a \r
+ * SQL object that has the following properties:\r
+ * <UL>\r
+ * <LI> resides in a schema </LI>\r
+ * <LI> has a name (that is unique when combined with schema) </LI>\r
+ * <LI> has a unique identifier (UUID) </LI>\r
+ * </UL>\r
+ *\r
+ * UUIDS.\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+public interface UniqueSQLObjectDescriptor extends UniqueTupleDescriptor\r
+{\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get the name of this object. E.g. for a table descriptor,\r
+ * this will be the table name.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return the name\r
+ */\r
+ public String getName();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get the objects schema descriptor\r
+ *\r
+ * @return the schema descriptor\r
+ *\r
+ * @exception StandardException on error\r
+ */\r
+ public SchemaDescriptor getSchemaDescriptor()\r
+ throws StandardException;\r
+}\r