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package org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf;
import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Options;
/**
* Implementations of this interface may perform additional
* generic configuration with any key-value pairs that cannot be set
* into the object via the normal
* {@link org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Options#setInto} means.
*
* @author Patrick Linskey
*/
public interface GenericConfigurable {
/**
* Perform any generic configuration based on the data in
* <code>opts</code>. This method should remove any values in
* <code>opts</code> that have been successfully processed; if any
* values remain in <code>opts</code> after this method is executed,
* an exception will be thrown identifying those key-value pairs as invalid.
*/
public void setInto(Options opts);
}