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package org.hibernate.cache.spi.access;
import org.hibernate.cache.spi.CollectionRegion;
/**
* Contract for managing transactional and concurrent access to cached collection
* data. For cached collection data, all modification actions actually just
* invalidate the entry(s). The call sequence here is:
* {@link #lockItem} -> {@link #remove} -> {@link #unlockItem}
* <p/>
* There is another usage pattern that is used to invalidate entries
* after performing "bulk" HQL/SQL operations:
* {@link #lockRegion} -> {@link #removeAll} -> {@link #unlockRegion}
*
* @author Gavin King
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface CollectionRegionAccessStrategy extends RegionAccessStrategy {
/**
* Get the wrapped collection cache region
*
* @return The underlying region
*/
public CollectionRegion getRegion();
}