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package org.springframework.data.cassandra.repository.query;

import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityMetadata;

import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlIdentifier;

/**
 * Extension of {@link EntityMetadata} to additionally expose the table name an entity shall be persisted to.
 *
 * @author Alex Shvid
 * @author Matthew T. Adams
 * @param <T>
 */
public interface CassandraEntityMetadata<T> extends EntityMetadata<T> {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the table the entity shall be persisted to.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	CqlIdentifier getTableName();
}
