/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.eclipselink.core;

import org.eclipse.jpt.core.JpaFactory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java.JavaPersistentType;
import org.eclipse.jpt.core.context.java.JavaTypeMapping;
import org.eclipse.jpt.eclipselink.core.context.java.EclipseLinkJavaCaching;
import org.eclipse.jpt.eclipselink.core.context.java.EclipseLinkJavaEntity;
import org.eclipse.jpt.eclipselink.core.context.java.EclipseLinkJavaMappedSuperclass;

/**
 * Use EclipseLinkJpaFactory to create any EclispeLink specific
 * java, orm, or persistence context model objects.
 * 
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * 
 * @version 2.1
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface EclipseLinkJpaFactory extends JpaFactory
{	
	EclipseLinkJavaCaching buildEclipseLinkJavaCaching(JavaTypeMapping parent);
	
	
	//********* covariant overrides ***********
	
	EclipseLinkJavaEntity buildJavaEntity(JavaPersistentType parent);
	
	EclipseLinkJavaMappedSuperclass buildJavaMappedSuperclass(JavaPersistentType parent);

}