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package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.internal.context.persistence;

import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.persistence.PersistenceXmlContextNodeFactory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.context.persistence.PersistenceXmlDefinition;

/**
 * All the state in the definition should be "static"
 * (i.e. unchanging once it is initialized).
 */
public abstract class AbstractPersistenceXmlDefinition
	implements PersistenceXmlDefinition
{
	private final PersistenceXmlContextNodeFactory factory;


	/**
	 * zero-argument constructor
	 */
	protected AbstractPersistenceXmlDefinition() {
		super();
		this.factory = this.buildContextNodeFactory();
	}

	protected abstract PersistenceXmlContextNodeFactory buildContextNodeFactory();

	public PersistenceXmlContextNodeFactory getContextNodeFactory() {
		return this.factory;
	}
}