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    012
    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}