/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 */
package org.hibernate.graph.spi;

import javax.persistence.EntityGraph;
import javax.persistence.metamodel.EntityType;

Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface EntityGraphImplementor<T> extends EntityGraph<T>, GraphNodeImplementor {
	boolean appliesTo(String entityName);

	boolean appliesTo(EntityType<? super T> entityType);

	
Make a mutable copy of this entity graph
Returns:
The immutable copy/**
	 * Make a mutable copy of this entity graph
	 *
	 * @return The immutable copy
	 */
	EntityGraphImplementor<T> makeMutableCopy();

	
Make an immutable copy of this entity graph, using the given name.
Params:
name – The name to apply to the immutable copy
Returns:
The immutable copy/**
	 * Make an immutable copy of this entity graph, using the given name.
	 *
	 * @param name The name to apply to the immutable copy
	 *
	 * @return The immutable copy
	 */
	EntityGraphImplementor<T> makeImmutableCopy(String name);
}