/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi;
import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
import org.hibernate.service.Service;
/**
* Contract for determining the {@link Dialect} to use based on information about the database / driver.
*
* @author Tomoto Shimizu Washio
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface DialectResolver extends Service {
/**
* Determine the {@link Dialect} to use based on the given information. Implementations are expected to return
* the {@link Dialect} instance to use, or {@code null} if the they did not locate a match.
*
* @param info Access to the information about the database/driver needed to perform the resolution
*
* @return The dialect to use, or null.
*/
Dialect resolveDialect(DialectResolutionInfo info);
}