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package org.hibernate.boot.spi;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;

import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
import org.hibernate.cache.cfg.internal.DomainDataRegionConfigImpl;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.Mapping;
import org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl;
import org.hibernate.mapping.MappedSuperclass;
import org.hibernate.query.spi.NamedQueryRepository;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;
import org.hibernate.type.TypeResolver;
import org.hibernate.type.spi.TypeConfiguration;

The SPI-level Metadata contract.
Author:
Steve Ebersole
@todo
Should Mapping be implemented here, or on InFlightMetadataCollector instead?
Since:
5.0/**
 * The SPI-level Metadata contract.
 *
 * @todo Should Mapping be implemented here, or on InFlightMetadataCollector instead?
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 *
 * @since 5.0
 */
public interface MetadataImplementor extends Metadata, Mapping {
	
Access to the options used to build this Metadata
Returns:
/**
	 * Access to the options used to build this Metadata
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	MetadataBuildingOptions getMetadataBuildingOptions();

	
Access to the TypeConfiguration
Returns:
Access to the TypeConfiguration/**
	 * Access to the TypeConfiguration
	 *
	 * @return Access to the TypeConfiguration
	 */
	TypeConfiguration getTypeConfiguration();

	
Retrieve the Type resolver associated with this factory. 
Returns:
The type resolver
Deprecated:
(since 5.3) No replacement, access to and handling of Types will be much different in 6.0/**
	 * Retrieve the {@link Type} resolver associated with this factory.
	 *
	 * @return The type resolver
	 *
	 * @deprecated (since 5.3) No replacement, access to and handling of Types will be much different in 6.0
	 */
	@Deprecated
	TypeResolver getTypeResolver();

	NamedQueryRepository buildNamedQueryRepository(SessionFactoryImpl sessionFactory);

	void validate() throws MappingException;

	Set<MappedSuperclass> getMappedSuperclassMappingsCopy();
}