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package org.apache.openjpa.kernel;

import org.apache.openjpa.lib.rop.ResultObjectProvider;

/**
 * Variant of {@link ResultObjectProvider} that populates a
 * {@link OpenJPAStateManager} object in an application-defined manner.
 *  Implementations of this interface can be used to customize data loading.
 *
 * @author Patrick Linskey
 * @see AbstractPCResultObjectProvider
 */
public interface PCResultObjectProvider
    extends ResultObjectProvider {

    /**
     * Initializes the state manager.
     *
     * @see StoreManager#initialize
     */
    public void initialize(OpenJPAStateManager sm, PCState state,
        FetchConfiguration fetch)
        throws Exception;
}
