// This Source Code is in the Public Domain per: http://unlicense.org
package org.litesoft.bo.views;

public interface VoMetaData<V extends IViewObject> extends ExtendedBoMetaData<V>,
                                                           DerivedFromAttributeSource
{
    public Class<V> getViewObjectClass();

    /**
     * @return null means NOT derived from any registered object type,
     *         !null means that it is basically derived from another registered object type
     */
    public String getDerivedFromRegisteredObjectType();

    /**
     * Create an IViewObject.
     */
    public V createViewObject( boolean pNew, TransactionSet pTransactionSet )
            throws UnsupportedOperationException;
}