001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2013 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.krad.app.persistence.jpa;
017    
018    import java.util.Set;
019    
020    /**
021     * Contract for classes which plan to expose class names to the RicePersistenceUnitPostProcessor, for
022     * dynamic loading 
023     * 
024     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025     *
026     */
027    public interface PersistableBusinessObjectClassExposer {
028            /**
029             * Exposes a Set of class names for PersistableBusinessObjects, mapped as JPA entities, which
030             * should be managed by the JPA persistable unit
031             * @return a Set of class names to be managed by JPA
032             */
033            public abstract Set<String> exposePersistableBusinessObjectClassNames();
034    }