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package org.hibernate.engine.spi;
/**
* Contract for classes (specifically, entities and components/embeddables) that are "managed". Developers can
* choose to either have their classes manually implement these interfaces or Hibernate can enhance their classes
* to implement these interfaces via built-time or run-time enhancement.
*
* The term managed here is used to describe both:
* -
* the fact that they are known to the persistence provider (this is defined by the interface itself)
*
* -
* its association with Session/EntityManager (this is defined by the state exposed through the interface)
*
*
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface Managed {
}