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// Contributors:
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.1
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.0
package jakarta.persistence;
import java.util.Map;
import jakarta.persistence.metamodel.Metamodel;
import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
/**
* Interface used to interact with the entity manager factory
* for the persistence unit.
*
* When the application has finished using the entity manager
* factory, and/or at application shutdown, the application should
* close the entity manager factory. Once an
* EntityManagerFactory has been closed, all its entity managers
* are considered to be in the closed state.
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface EntityManagerFactory {
/**
* Create a new application-managed EntityManager.
* This method returns a new EntityManager instance each time
* it is invoked.
* The isOpen method will return true on the returned instance.
* @return entity manager instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*/
public EntityManager createEntityManager();
/**
* Create a new application-managed EntityManager with the
* specified Map of properties.
* This method returns a new EntityManager instance each time
* it is invoked.
* The isOpen method will return true on the returned instance.
* @param map properties for entity manager
* @return entity manager instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*/
public EntityManager createEntityManager(Map map);
/**
* Create a new JTA application-managed EntityManager with the
* specified synchronization type.
* This method returns a new EntityManager instance each time
* it is invoked.
* The isOpen method will return true on the returned instance.
* @param synchronizationType how and when the entity manager should be
* synchronized with the current JTA transaction
* @return entity manager instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been configured for resource-local entity managers or is closed
*
* @since 2.1
*/
public EntityManager createEntityManager(SynchronizationType synchronizationType);
/**
* Create a new JTA application-managed EntityManager with the
* specified synchronization type and map of properties.
* This method returns a new EntityManager instance each time
* it is invoked.
* The isOpen method will return true on the returned instance.
* @param synchronizationType how and when the entity manager should be
* synchronized with the current JTA transaction
* @param map properties for entity manager
* @return entity manager instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been configured for resource-local entity managers or is closed
*
* @since 2.1
*/
public EntityManager createEntityManager(SynchronizationType synchronizationType, Map map);
/**
* Return an instance of CriteriaBuilder for the creation of
* CriteriaQuery objects.
* @return CriteriaBuilder instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public CriteriaBuilder getCriteriaBuilder();
/**
* Return an instance of Metamodel interface for access to the
* metamodel of the persistence unit.
* @return Metamodel instance
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public Metamodel getMetamodel();
/**
* Indicates whether the factory is open. Returns true
* until the factory has been closed.
* @return boolean indicating whether the factory is open
*/
public boolean isOpen();
/**
* Close the factory, releasing any resources that it holds.
* After a factory instance has been closed, all methods invoked
* on it will throw the IllegalStateException, except
* for isOpen, which will return false. Once an
* EntityManagerFactory has been closed, all its
* entity managers are considered to be in the closed state.
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*/
public void close();
/**
* Get the properties and associated values that are in effect
* for the entity manager factory. Changing the contents of the
* map does not change the configuration in effect.
* @return properties
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public Map getProperties();
/**
* Access the cache that is associated with the entity manager
* factory (the "second level cache").
* @return instance of the Cache interface or null if
* no cache is in use
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public Cache getCache();
/**
* Return interface providing access to utility methods
* for the persistence unit.
* @return PersistenceUnitUtil interface
* @throws IllegalStateException if the entity manager factory
* has been closed
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public PersistenceUnitUtil getPersistenceUnitUtil();
/**
* Define the query, typed query, or stored procedure query as
* a named query such that future query objects can be created
* from it using the createNamedQuery or
* createNamedStoredProcedureQuery method.
* Any configuration of the query object (except for actual
* parameter binding) in effect when the named query is added
* is retained as part of the named query definition.
* This includes configuration information such as max results,
* hints, flush mode, lock mode, result set mapping information,
* and information about stored procedure parameters.
*
When the query is executed, information that can be set
* by means of the query APIs can be overridden. Information
* that is overridden does not affect the named query as
* registered with the entity manager factory, and thus does
* not affect subsequent query objects created from it by
* means of the createNamedQuery or
* createNamedStoredProcedureQuery method.
*
If a named query of the same name has been previously
* defined, either statically via metadata or via this method,
* that query definition is replaced.
*
* @param name name for the query
* @param query Query, TypedQuery, or StoredProcedureQuery object
*
* @since 2.1
*/
public void addNamedQuery(String name, Query query);
/**
* Return an object of the specified type to allow access to the
* provider-specific API. If the provider's EntityManagerFactory
* implementation does not support the specified class, the
* PersistenceException is thrown.
* @param cls the class of the object to be returned. This is
* normally either the underlying EntityManagerFactory
* implementation class or an interface that it implements.
* @return an instance of the specified class
* @throws PersistenceException if the provider does not
* support the call
* @since 2.1
*/
public T unwrap(Class cls);
/**
* Add a named copy of the EntityGraph to the
* EntityManagerFactory. If an entity graph with the same name
* already exists, it is replaced.
* @param graphName name for the entity graph
* @param entityGraph entity graph
* @since 2.1
*/
public void addNamedEntityGraph(String graphName, EntityGraph entityGraph);
}