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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.hibernate.boot.AttributeConverterInfo;
import org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.spi.Binding;
import org.hibernate.cfg.AttributeConverterDefinition;

Represents the result of the first step of the process of building MetadataSources reference into a Metadata reference. 

Essentially it represents thecombination of:

    
domain classes, packages and mapping files defined via MetadataSources
    
attribute converters defined via MetadataBuildingOptions
    
classes, converters, packages and mapping files auto-discovered as part of scanning

Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Represents the result of the first step of the process of building {@link org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources}
 * reference into a {@link org.hibernate.boot.Metadata} reference.
 * <p/>
 * Essentially it represents thecombination of:<ol>
 *     <li>domain classes, packages and mapping files defined via MetadataSources</li>
 *     <li>attribute converters defined via MetadataBuildingOptions</li>
 *     <li>classes, converters, packages and mapping files auto-discovered as part of scanning</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface ManagedResources {

	
Informational access to the AttributeConverter definitions known about.  Changes to made to
the returned list have no effect.
Returns:
The AttributeConverter definitions./**
	 * Informational access to the AttributeConverter definitions known about.  Changes to made to
	 * the returned list have no effect.
	 *
	 * @return The AttributeConverter definitions.
	 */
	Collection<AttributeConverterInfo> getAttributeConverterDefinitions();

	
Informational access to any entity and component classes in the user domain model known by Class
reference .  Changes to made to the returned list have no effect.
Returns:
The list of entity/component classes known by Class reference./**
	 * Informational access to any entity and component classes in the user domain model known by Class
	 * reference .  Changes to made to the returned list have no effect.
	 *
	 * @return The list of entity/component classes known by Class reference.
	 */
	Collection<Class> getAnnotatedClassReferences();

	
Informational access to any entity and component classes in the user domain model known by name.
Changes to made to the returned list have no effect.
Returns:
The list of entity/component classes known by name./**
	 * Informational access to any entity and component classes in the user domain model known by name.
	 * Changes to made to the returned list have no effect.
	 *
	 * @return The list of entity/component classes known by name.
	 */
	Collection<String> getAnnotatedClassNames();

	
Informational access to any known annotated package names (packages with a package-info.class file that Hibernate has been told about). Changes to made to the returned list have no effect. 
Returns:
The list of known annotated package names./**
	 * Informational access to any known annotated package names (packages with a {@code package-info.class}
	 * file that Hibernate has been told about).  Changes to made to the returned list have no effect.
	 *
	 * @return The list of known annotated package names.
	 */
	Collection<String> getAnnotatedPackageNames();

	
Informational access to binding for all known XML mapping files.  Changes to made to the returned
list have no effect.
Returns:
The list of bindings for all known XML mapping files./**
	 * Informational access to binding for all known XML mapping files.  Changes to made to the returned
	 * list have no effect.
	 *
	 * @return The list of bindings for all known XML mapping files.
	 */
	Collection<Binding> getXmlMappingBindings();
}