SessionHolderProviderManager.java

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package org.springframework.extensions.jcr;

import javax.jcr.Repository;

/**
 * This manager returns the appropriate sessionHolderProvider for the given repository. See the
 * implementations of the interface for more details. <strong>NOTE</strong> one of the reason for this
 * interface was to allow dynamical discovery of SessionHolderProviders for specific JSR-170 implementations
 * at runtime.
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Sergio Bossa
 * @author Salvatore Incandela
 */
public interface SessionHolderProviderManager {

    /**
     * Returns the SessionHolderProvider suitable for the given Jcr Repository.
     * @param repository
     * @return
     */
    public SessionHolderProvider getSessionProvider(Repository repository);

}