EntityManagerService.java

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package org.eclipse.skalli.services.persistence;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

public interface EntityManagerService {

    /**
     * Retrieves an {@link EntityManager}.
     *
     * @return an entity manager instance, never <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an i/o error occured when creating an entity manager.
     */
    public EntityManager getEntityManager() throws IOException;
}