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// Contributors:
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.1
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.0
package javax.persistence.metamodel;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Provides access to the metamodel of persistent
* entities in the persistence unit.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface Metamodel {
/**
* Return the metamodel entity type representing the entity.
* @param cls the type of the represented entity
* @return the metamodel entity type
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if not an entity
*/
EntityType entity(Class cls);
/**
* Return the metamodel managed type representing the
* entity, mapped superclass, or embeddable class.
* @param cls the type of the represented managed class
* @return the metamodel managed type
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if not a managed class
*/
ManagedType managedType(Class cls);
/**
* Return the metamodel embeddable type representing the
* embeddable class.
* @param cls the type of the represented embeddable class
* @return the metamodel embeddable type
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if not an embeddable class
*/
EmbeddableType embeddable(Class cls);
/**
* Return the metamodel managed types.
* @return the metamodel managed types
*/
Set> getManagedTypes();
/**
* Return the metamodel entity types.
* @return the metamodel entity types
*/
Set> getEntities();
/**
* Return the metamodel embeddable types. Returns empty set
* if there are no embeddable types.
* @return the metamodel embeddable types
*/
Set> getEmbeddables();
}