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package org.eclipse.persistence.config; | |
import org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.Customizer; | |
import org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.ClassDescriptor; | |
/** | |
* Customize a {@link ClassDescriptor} when the | |
* {@link #customize(ClassDescriptor)} method is called during the | |
* loading/population of the mappings. This is typically used to customize | |
* dynamically or specify configuration values not available through annotations | |
* or XML. | |
* | |
* @see Customizer @Customizer to configure using annotations on an entity class | |
* @see ClassDescriptor {@link ClassDescriptor} for available customization API | |
*/ | |
public interface DescriptorCustomizer { | |
/** | |
* Customize the provided descriptor. This method is called after the | |
* descriptor is populated form annotations/XML/defaults but before it is | |
* initialized. | |
*/ | |
public void customize(ClassDescriptor descriptor) throws Exception; | |
} |