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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors;

import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField;

/**
 * INTERNAL:
 * This class is used to store the field transformations on the TransformationMapping.
 * The transformation can be done either using a field transformer object or a method
 * on the domain object. These cases are reflected by the subclasses
 * @author  mmacivor
 * @since OracleAS TopLink 10<i>g</i> (10.0.3)
 */
public abstract class FieldTransformation implements java.io.Serializable {
    public DatabaseField field;

    public DatabaseField getField() {
        return field;
    }

    public void setField(DatabaseField newField) {
        field = newField;
    }

    public String getFieldName() {
        return field.getQualifiedName();
    }

    public void setFieldName(String name) {
        field = new DatabaseField(name);
    }

    public abstract FieldTransformer buildTransformer() throws Exception;
}
