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20 package org.apache.cayenne.reflect;
21
22 /**
23  * A factory of {@link ClassDescriptor} instances.
24  *
25  * @since 1.2
26  * @author Andrus Adamchik
27  */
28 public interface ClassDescriptorFactory {
29
30     /**
31      * Returns a ClassDescriptor instance for a given symbolic entity name. Returns null
32      * if this factory doesn't support this type of entity.
33      */
34     ClassDescriptor getDescriptor(String JavaDoc entityName);
35 }
36
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