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* Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.jboss.errai.jpa.client.local;
/**
* Implementations of ErraiEntityManagerFactory are responsible for creating
* instances of ErraiEntityManager. Users of the Errai framework don't normally
* need to refer to this type directly; instead, they can
* {@code @Inject EntityManager} directly into application classes, and allow
* {@link ErraiEntityManagerProducer} to create factories as necessary.
*
* @author Jonathan Fuerth <jfuerth@redhat.com>
*/
public interface ErraiEntityManagerFactory {
/**
* Creates a new ErraiEntityManager configured according to the settings on
* the implementing factory.
*
* @return a new instance of {@link ErraiEntityManager}.
*/
ErraiEntityManager createEntityManager();
}