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// $Id: PersistenceProviderResolver.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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();
}