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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.eis.cobol;

import java.util.*;

/**
* <b>Purpose</b>: This interface defines api for composite fields/records.  It exists so that
* a composite object can be referred to generically within the parser.
*/
public interface CompositeObject {

    /** this method returns the name of the object */
    public String getName();

    /** this method returns a Vector of fields that the object contains */
    public Vector getFields();

    /** this method sets the fields to the new values */
    public void setFields(Vector fields);

    /** this method adds a field to the fields Vector */
    public void addField(FieldMetaData field);

    /** this method returns a field, if such a field exists, by the given name */
    public FieldMetaData getFieldNamed(String fieldName);
}