Scanner (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractScannerImpl, DisabledScanner, StandardScanner
```
public interface Scanner
```
Defines the contract for Hibernate to be able to scan for classes, packages and resources inside a persistence unit.
Constructors are expected in one of 2 forms:
- no-arg
- single arg, of type ArchiveDescriptorFactory
If a ArchiveDescriptorFactory is specified in the configuration, but the Scanner to be used does not accept a ArchiveDescriptorFactory an exception will be thrown.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ScanResult`	`scan(ScanEnvironment environment, ScanOptions options, ScanParameters params)`	Perform the scanning against the described environment using the defined options, and return the scan results.

- Method Detail
  - scan
```
ScanResult scan(ScanEnvironment environment,
                ScanOptions options,
                ScanParameters params)
```
    Perform the scanning against the described environment using the defined options, and return the scan results.
    
    Parameters:
    
    environment - The scan environment.
    
    options - The options to control the scanning.
    
    params - The parameters for scanning