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
021package org.granite.tide;
022
023
024/**
025 * @author cingram
026 * @author William DRAI
027 */
028public 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}