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017package org.apache.tapestry5.services.rest;
018
019import java.util.Set;
020
021import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;
022
023/**
024 * Service which provides a list of mapped entities. They're usually classes which are mapped
025 * to other formats like JSON and XML and used to represent data being received or sent
026 * to or from external processes, for example REST endpoints.
027 * Contributions are done by package and all classes inside the contributed ones are considered
028 * mapped entities.
029 */
030@UsesConfiguration(String.class)
031public interface MappedEntityManager {
032
033    /**
034     * Returns the set of entity classes.
035     * @return a {@link Set} of {@link Class} instances.
036     */
037    Set<Class<?>> getEntities();
038    
039}