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package org.apache.tapestry5.jpa;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Contains a set of contributed package names from which to load entities.
 *
 * The service's configuration is the names of Java packages to search for JPA entities.
 * 
 * @since 5.3
 */
@UsesConfiguration(String.class)
public interface JpaEntityPackageManager
{
    /**
     * Returns packages from which read entity classes
     */
    Collection<String> getPackageNames();
}
