/*
* 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.spi;
/**
* Contract for classes (specifically, entities and components/embeddables) that are "managed". Developers can
* choose to either have their classes manually implement these interfaces or Hibernate can enhance their classes
* to implement these interfaces via built-time or run-time enhancement.
* <p/>
* The term managed here is used to describe both:<ul>
* <li>
* the fact that they are known to the persistence provider (this is defined by the interface itself)
* </li>
* <li>
* its association with Session/EntityManager (this is defined by the state exposed through the interface)
* </li>
* </ul>
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface Managed {
}