EntityManagerFactory

javax.persistence
Interface EntityManagerFactory

Interface used to interact with the entity manager factory for the persistence unit.

When the application has finished using the entity manager factory, and/or at application shutdown, the application should close the entity manager factory. Once anEntityManagerFactory has been closed, all its entity managers are considered to be in the closed state.

Since:

JPA 1.0

Learn how to use  EntityManagerFactory in  Chapter 3 of the ObjectDB/JPA manual.

void  close()

Close the factory, releasing any resources that it holds.

EntityManager  createEntityManager()

Create a new application-managed  EntityManager.

EntityManager  createEntityManager(Map map)

Create a new application-managed  EntityManager with the specified Map of properties.

Cache  getCache()

Access the cache that is associated with the entity manager factory (the "second level cache").

CriteriaBuilder  getCriteriaBuilder()

Return an instance of  CriteriaBuilder for the creation of  CriteriaQuery objects.

Metamodel  getMetamodel()

Return an instance of  Metamodel interface for access to the metamodel of the persistence unit.

PersistenceUnitUtil  getPersistenceUnitUtil()

Return interface providing access to utility methods for the persistence unit.

Map<String,Object>  getProperties()

Get the properties and associated values that are in effect for the entity manager factory.

boolean  isOpen()

Indicates whether the factory is open.