LazyInitializerFactory.java

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package com.impetus.kundera.proxy;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;

import com.impetus.kundera.ejb.EntityManagerImpl;

/**
 * Interface LazyInitializerFactory
 * 
 * Creates Lazily loadable proxies for @Entity classes.
 * 
 * @author animesh.kumar
 */
public interface LazyInitializerFactory {

	/**
	 * Get Lazily loadable @Entity proxy.
	 * 
	 * @param entityName
	 *            the entity name
	 * @param persistentClass
	 *            the persistent class
	 * @param getIdentifierMethod
	 *            the get identifier method
	 * @param setIdentifierMethod
	 *            the set identifier method
	 * @param id
	 *            the id
	 * @param em
	 *            the em
	 * @return the proxy
	 * @throws PersistenceException
	 *             the persistence exception
	 */
	KunderaProxy getProxy(final String entityName,
			final Class<?> persistentClass, 
			final Method getIdentifierMethod, 
			final Method setIdentifierMethod,
			final String id, 
			final EntityManagerImpl em)
	throws PersistenceException;

}