[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Closed: (HHH-4022) Add an actual API contract for querying/managing cache regions (from app code)

Add an actual API contract for querying/managing cache regions (from app code) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-4022 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4022 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Improvement Components: caching (L2) Reporter: Steve Ebersole Assignee: Steve Ebersole Fix For: 3.5 Inspired by the JPA 2.0 javax.persistence.Cache interface, but extended to both entity and collection regions (JPA 2.0 only recognizes entity data caching). Deprecate the corresponding SessionFactory methods while delegating them to theis new contract until their removal.