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 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0
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package javax.persistence.metamodel;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Provides access to the metamodel of persistent
 * entities in the persistence unit. 
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 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();
}