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* Copyright 2007 The Fornax Project Team, including the original
* author or authors.
*
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package org.sculptor.framework.accessapi;
import org.sculptor.framework.domain.AssociationSpecification;
/**
* <p>
* Populate the specified associations of a persistent object.
* </p>
* <p>
* Command design pattern.
* </p>
*
*/
public interface PopulateAssociationsAccess<T> {
void setEntity(T entity);
/**
* Define the associations to populate.
*/
void setAssociationSpecification(AssociationSpecification associationSpecification);
void execute();
/**
* The result of the command.
*/
T getResult();
}