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package org.hibernate.metamodel;

import java.util.Map;
import javax.persistence.SharedCacheMode;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
import org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.AccessType;
import org.hibernate.cfg.NamingStrategy;
import org.hibernate.engine.ResultSetMappingDefinition;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.FilterDefinition;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.NamedQueryDefinition;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.NamedSQLQueryDefinition;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.EntityBinding;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.FetchProfile;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.IdGenerator;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.PluralAttributeBinding;
import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.TypeDef;

Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface Metadata {
	
Exposes the options used to produce a Metadata instance. /**
	 * Exposes the options used to produce a {@link Metadata} instance.
	 */
	public static interface Options {
		public StandardServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry();

		public MetadataSourceProcessingOrder getMetadataSourceProcessingOrder();
		public NamingStrategy getNamingStrategy();
		public SharedCacheMode getSharedCacheMode();
		public AccessType getDefaultAccessType();
		public boolean useNewIdentifierGenerators();
        public boolean isGloballyQuotedIdentifiers();
		public String getDefaultSchemaName();
		public String getDefaultCatalogName();
	}

	public Options getOptions();

	public SessionFactoryBuilder getSessionFactoryBuilder();

	public SessionFactory buildSessionFactory();

	public Iterable<EntityBinding> getEntityBindings();

	public EntityBinding getEntityBinding(String entityName);

	
Get the "root" entity binding
Params:
entityName – 
Returns:
the "root entity binding; simply returns entityBinding if it is the root entity binding/**
	 * Get the "root" entity binding
	 * @param entityName
	 * @return the "root entity binding; simply returns entityBinding if it is the root entity binding
	 */
	public EntityBinding getRootEntityBinding(String entityName);

	public Iterable<PluralAttributeBinding> getCollectionBindings();

	public TypeDef getTypeDefinition(String name);

	public Iterable<TypeDef> getTypeDefinitions();

	public Iterable<FilterDefinition> getFilterDefinitions();

	public Iterable<NamedQueryDefinition> getNamedQueryDefinitions();

	public Iterable<NamedSQLQueryDefinition> getNamedNativeQueryDefinitions();

	public Iterable<ResultSetMappingDefinition> getResultSetMappingDefinitions();

	public Iterable<Map.Entry<String, String>> getImports();

	public Iterable<FetchProfile> getFetchProfiles();

	public IdGenerator getIdGenerator(String name);
}