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package org.hibernate.tuple;

import org.hibernate.Session;

Defines a generator for in-VM generation of (non-identifier) attribute values.
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Defines a generator for in-VM generation of (non-identifier) attribute values.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface ValueGenerator<T> {
	
Generate the value.
Params:
session – The Session from which the request originates.
owner – The instance of the object owning the attribute for which we are generating a value.
Returns:
The generated value/**
	 * Generate the value.
	 *
	 * @param session The Session from which the request originates.
	 * @param owner The instance of the object owning the attribute for which we are generating a value.
	 *
	 * @return The generated value
	 */
	public T generateValue(Session session, Object owner);
}