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package org.hibernate.id;
import java.util.Map;

Identifies generators which potentially aggregate other PersistentIdentifierGenerator generators. 
 Initially this is limited to CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator 
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Identifies {@link IdentifierGenerator generators} which potentially aggregate other
 * {@link PersistentIdentifierGenerator} generators.
 * <p/>
 * Initially this is limited to {@link CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator}
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface IdentifierGeneratorAggregator {
	
Register any sub generators which implement PersistentIdentifierGenerator by their generatorKey. 
Params:
generatorMap – The map of generators./**
	 * Register any sub generators which implement {@link PersistentIdentifierGenerator} by their
	 * {@link PersistentIdentifierGenerator#generatorKey generatorKey}.
	 *
	 * @param generatorMap The map of generators.
	 */
	public void registerPersistentGenerators(Map generatorMap);
}