ExternalClassRepositoryFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.tools.workbench.mappingsmodel.spi.meta;

/**
 * Simple factory interface for building external
 * class repositories.
 */
public interface ExternalClassRepositoryFactory {

    /**
     * Builds and returns an ExternalClassRepository for
     * the project classpath made up of the specified files.
     * The files in the classpath will be fully-qualified, with
     * any relative paths resolved off of the project's save
     * directory. The classpath may be used or ignored, as
     * appropriate.
     */
    ExternalClassRepository buildClassRepository(java.io.File[] classpath);

}