public interface JPAWriterPattern {

	/**
	 * This method is invoked during create job step to allow the JPAWriter stream to
	 * initialize. 
	 * @param props Properties passed via xJCL 
	 */
public void initialize(Properties props);
	
	/**
	 * This method is invoked to actually persist the passed object to the database
	 * using JPA EntityManager 
	 * @param manager
	 * @param record
	 */
	public void writeRecord(EntityManager manager, Object record);
}