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013package org.apache.tapestry5.jpa;
014
015import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;
016
017import java.util.Collection;
018
019/**
020 * Contains a set of contributed package names from which to load entities.
021 *
022 * The service's configuration is the names of Java packages to search for JPA entities.
023 * 
024 * @since 5.3
025 */
026@UsesConfiguration(String.class)
027public interface JpaEntityPackageManager
028{
029    /**
030     * Returns packages from which read entity classes
031     */
032    Collection<String> getPackageNames();
033}