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 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0
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package javax.persistence.spi;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Determine the list of persistence providers available in the 
 * runtime environment.
 * 
 *  Implementations must be thread-safe.
 *
 *  Note that the getPersistenceProviders method can potentially
 * be called many times: it is recommended that the implementation
 * of this method make use of caching.
 *
 * @see PersistenceProvider
 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
 */
public interface PersistenceProviderResolver {

    /**
     * Returns a list of the PersistenceProvider implementations 
     * available in the runtime environment.
     *
     * @return list of the persistence providers available 
     *         in the environment
     */
    List getPersistenceProviders();

    /**
     * Clear cache of providers.
     *
     */
    void clearCachedProviders();
}