    001    // Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015    package org.apache.tapestry5.jpa;
    016
    017    import java.util.Collection;
    018
    019    import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;
    020
    021    /**
    022     * Contains a set of contributed package names from which to load entities.
    023     * <p/>
    024     * The service's configuration is the names of Java packages to search for JPA entities.
    025     *
    026     * @since 5.3
    027     */
    028    @UsesConfiguration(String.class)
    029    public interface JpaEntityPackageManager
    030    {
    031        /**
    032         * Returns packages from which read entity classes
    033         */
    034        Collection<String> getPackageNames();
    035    }