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package com.mysql.clusterj;

import java.util.Map;

/** This interface defines the service to create a SessionFactory
 * from a Map<String, String> of properties.
 */
public interface SessionFactoryService {

    /** Create or get a session factory. If a session factory with the
     * same value for PROPERTY_CLUSTER_CONNECTSTRING has already been created
     * in the VM, the existing factory is returned, regardless of whether
     * other properties of the factory are the same as specified in the Map.
     * @param props the properties for the session factory, in which the
     * keys are defined in Constants and the values describe the environment
     * @see Constants
     * @return the session factory
     */
    SessionFactory getSessionFactory(Map<String, String> props);
}
