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

import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityMetadata;

/**
 * Extension of {@link EntityMetadata} to additionally expose the collection name an entity shall be persisted to.
 *
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
public interface MongoEntityMetadata<T> extends EntityMetadata<T> {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the collection the entity shall be persisted to.
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	String getCollectionName();

	/**
	 * Returns the {@link MongoPersistentEntity} that supposed to determine the collection to be queried.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 * @since 2.0.4
	 */
	MongoPersistentEntity<?> getCollectionEntity();
}
