querydsl/querydsl-codegen/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/codegen/SerializerConfig.java

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 * Copyright 2011, Mysema Ltd
 * 
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package com.mysema.query.codegen;

/**
 * SerializerConfig defines serialization options to be used in the {@link Serializer}
 * 
 * @author tiwe
 *
 */
public interface SerializerConfig {

    /**
     * @return if accessors are used for entity fields
     */
    boolean useEntityAccessors();

    /**
     * @return if indexed list accessors are used 
     */
    boolean useListAccessors();

    /**
     * @return if keyed map accessors are used
     */
    boolean useMapAccessors();

    /**
     * @return if the default variable is created
     */
    boolean createDefaultVariable();

    /**
     * @return the name of the default variable
     */
    String defaultVariableName();
}