org.jadira.usertype.spi.shared.Seed Maven / Gradle / Ivy

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package org.jadira.usertype.spi.shared;

import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;

public interface Seed {

    /**
     * Generate an initial version value.
     * @param session The session from which this request originates.
     * @return an instance of the type
     */
    T getTimestamp(SessionImplementor session);

    /**
     * Increment the version value.
     * @param session The session from which this request originates.
     * @param current the current version value
     * @return an instance of the type T
     */
    T getNextTimestamp(T current, SessionImplementor session);
}