AdditionalMappingContributor (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdditionalMappingContributorImpl
```
@Incubating
@JavaServiceLoadable
public interface AdditionalMappingContributor
```
Contract allowing pluggable contributions of additional mapping objects. Resolvable as a Java service.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`contribute(AdditionalMappingContributions contributions, InFlightMetadataCollector metadata, ResourceStreamLocator resourceStreamLocator, MetadataBuildingContext buildingContext)`	Contribute the additional mappings
`default String`	`getContributorName()`	The name of this contributor.

- Method Detail
  - getContributorName
```
default String getContributorName()
```
    The name of this contributor. May be null.
    
    See Also:
    
    Contributable
  - contribute
```
void contribute(AdditionalMappingContributions contributions,
                InFlightMetadataCollector metadata,
                ResourceStreamLocator resourceStreamLocator,
                MetadataBuildingContext buildingContext)
```
    Contribute the additional mappings
    
    Parameters:
    
    contributions - Collector of the contributions.
    
    metadata - Current (live) metadata. Can be used to access already known mappings.
    
    resourceStreamLocator - Delegate for locating XML resources via class-path lookup.
    
    buildingContext - Access to useful contextual references.