/*
* 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.jpa.event.spi.jpa;
/**
* Contract for building instances of JPA callback listener classes.
* <p/>
* Listener instances should be uniqued by Class such that the same instance is
* returned for any calls to {@link #buildListener} with the same class.
*
* @see javax.persistence.EntityListeners
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface ListenerFactory {
<T> Listener<T> buildListener(Class<T> listenerClass);
void release();
}