PersistenceAdapterFactory.java

/*
 * Copyright 2012 Jakob Külzer
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package org.om.core.api.persistence;

import org.om.core.api.mapping.EntityMapping;

/**
 * @author Jakob Külzer
 * @author tome
 */
public interface PersistenceAdapterFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a {@link PersistenceAdapter}.
	 * 
	 * @param id
	 *            id for the object to retrieve.
	 * @param mapping
	 *            entity mapping for the object to retrieve.
	 * @param persistenceContext
	 *            persistence context.
	 * @return
	 */
	PersistenceAdapter create(Object id, EntityMapping mapping, PersistenceContext persistenceContext);

}