001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.tide;
022    
023    
024    /**
025     * @author cingram
026     * @author William DRAI
027     */
028    public interface TidePersistenceManager {
029            
030        /**
031         * Fetch the entity with its lazy properties from the persistence context.
032         * @param entity entity to load
033         * @param propertyNames array of property names to fetch
034         * @return the entity with the persistence context.
035         */
036            public Object attachEntity(Object entity, String[] propertyNames);
037    
038    }