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package org.hibernate.search.cfg.spi;
import org.hibernate.search.indexes.spi.IndexManager;
/**
* By implementing this integration point you can customize the creation of IndexManager
* instances.
* Example usage it to override ClassLoaders used to resolve implementation names,
* define new short-hand aliases, change the default implementation.
*
* @author Sanne Grinovero <sanne@hibernate.org> (C) 2012 Red Hat Inc.
*/
public interface IndexManagerFactory {
/**
* @return a new instance of the default IndexManager
*/
IndexManager createDefaultIndexManager();
/**
* @param indexManagerImplementationName how this is resolved to an IndexManager type
* is left to the implementor.
* @return a new IndexManager instance of the chosen type
*/
IndexManager createIndexManagerByName(String indexManagerImplementationName);
}