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16 
17 package org.springframework.orm.jpa;
18 
19 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
20 import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
21 
22 /**
23  * Callback interface for JPA code. To be used with {@link JpaTemplate}'s
24  * execution method, often as anonymous classes within a method implementation.
25  * A typical implementation will call <code>EntityManager.find/merge</code>
26  * to perform some operations on persistent objects.
27  *
28  * @author Juergen Hoeller
29  * @since 2.0
30  * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate
31  * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager
32  * @deprecated as of Spring 3.1, in favor of native EntityManager usage
33  * (typically obtained through <code>@PersistenceContext</code>)
34  */
35 @Deprecated
36 public interface JpaCallback<T> {
37 
38 	/**
39 	 * Gets called by <code>JpaTemplate.execute</code> with an active
40 	 * JPA <code>EntityManager</code>. Does not need to care about activating
41 	 * or closing the <code>EntityManager</code>, or handling transactions.
42 	 *
43 	 * <p>Note that JPA callback code will not flush any modifications to the
44 	 * database if not executed within a transaction. Thus, you need to make
45 	 * sure that JpaTransactionManager has initiated a JPA transaction when
46 	 * the callback gets called, at least if you want to write to the database.
47 	 *
48 	 * <p>Allows for returning a result object created within the callback,
49 	 * i.e. a domain object or a collection of domain objects.
50 	 * A thrown custom RuntimeException is treated as an application exception:
51 	 * It gets propagated to the caller of the template.
52 	 *
53 	 * @param em active EntityManager
54 	 * @return a result object, or <code>null</code> if none
55 	 * @throws PersistenceException if thrown by the JPA API
56 	 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate#execute
57 	 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate#executeFind
58 	 */
doInJpa(EntityManager em)59 	T doInJpa(EntityManager em) throws PersistenceException;
60 
61 }
62