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package org.jooq.meta;

/**
 * An SPI that can be used to provide a catalog version to the jOOQ code
 * generator.
 * <p>
 * If between subsequent meta data accesses, at least one
 * {@link SchemaDefinition}'s version changes, that schema's
 * {@link CatalogDefinition}'s version must change as well. In other words, it
 * can be safely assumed that when between two subsequent schema meta data
 * accesses, the {@link CatalogDefinition}'s version stays the same, all
 * {@link SchemaDefinition}'s versions have stayed the same as well.
 * <p>
 * A {@link CatalogDefinition} is said to be unversioned if
 * {@link #version(CatalogDefinition)} returns <code>null</code>.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 * @see SchemaVersionProvider
 */
public interface CatalogVersionProvider {

    /**
     * Get a custom schema version.
     */
    String version(CatalogDefinition catalog);
}
