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package org.hibernate.metamodel.source;

import java.util.List;

import org.hibernate.metamodel.MetadataSources;


Handles the processing of metadata sources in a dependency-ordered manner.

Author:Steve Ebersole
/**
 * Handles the processing of metadata sources in a dependency-ordered manner.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface MetadataSourceProcessor {
	
Prepare for processing the given sources.

Params:
  • sources – The metadata sources.
/**
	 * Prepare for processing the given sources.
	 *
	 * @param sources The metadata sources.
	 */
	public void prepare(MetadataSources sources);

	
Process the independent metadata.  These have no dependency on other types of metadata being processed.

Params:
  • sources – The metadata sources.
See Also:
/**
	 * Process the independent metadata.  These have no dependency on other types of metadata being processed.
	 *
	 * @param sources The metadata sources.
	 *
	 * @see #prepare
	 */
	public void processIndependentMetadata(MetadataSources sources);

	
Process the parts of the metadata that depend on type information (type definitions) having been processed
and available.

Params:
  • sources – The metadata sources.
See Also:
/**
	 * Process the parts of the metadata that depend on type information (type definitions) having been processed
	 * and available.
	 *
	 * @param sources The metadata sources.
	 *
	 * @see #processIndependentMetadata
	 */
	public void processTypeDependentMetadata(MetadataSources sources);

	
Process the mapping (entities, et al) metadata.

Params:
  • sources – The metadata sources.
  • processedEntityNames – Collection of any already processed entity names.
See Also:
/**
	 * Process the mapping (entities, et al) metadata.
	 *
	 * @param sources The metadata sources.
	 * @param processedEntityNames Collection of any already processed entity names.
	 *
	 * @see #processTypeDependentMetadata
	 */
	public void processMappingMetadata(MetadataSources sources, List<String> processedEntityNames);

	
Process the parts of the metadata that depend on mapping (entities, et al) information having been
processed and available.

Params:
  • sources – The metadata sources.
See Also:
/**
	 * Process the parts of the metadata that depend on mapping (entities, et al) information having been
	 * processed and available.
	 *
	 * @param sources The metadata sources.
	 *
	 * @see #processMappingMetadata
	 */
	public void processMappingDependentMetadata(MetadataSources sources);
}