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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.cache.spi;
import org.hibernate.cache.CacheException;
import org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.AccessType;
import org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.EntityRegionAccessStrategy;
/**
* Defines the contract for a cache region which will specifically be used to
* store entity data.
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface EntityRegion extends TransactionalDataRegion {
/**
* Build an access strategy for the requested access type.
*
* @param accessType The type of access strategy to build; never null.
* @return The appropriate strategy contract for accessing this region
* for the requested type of access.
* @throws org.hibernate.cache.CacheException Usually indicates mis-configuration.
*/
public EntityRegionAccessStrategy buildAccessStrategy(AccessType accessType) throws CacheException;
}