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|  | public EntityManager createEntityManager(); | 
|  | public EntityManager createEntityManager(Map map); | 
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|  | The two <code class="methodname">createEntityManager</code> methods above create a new | 
|  | <code class="classname">EntityManager</code> each time they are invoked. The optional | 
|  | <code class="classname">Map</code> is used to supply vendor-specific settings. If you | 
|  | have configured your implementation for JTA transactions and a JTA transaction | 
|  | is active, the returned <code class="classname">EntityManager</code> will be | 
|  | synchronized with that transaction. | 
|  | </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> | 
|  | OpenJPA recognizes the following string keys in the map supplied to <code class="methodname"> | 
|  | createEntityManager</code>: | 
|  | </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> | 
|  | <code class="literal">openjpa.ConnectionUserName</code> | 
|  | </p></li><li><p> | 
|  | <code class="literal">openjpa.ConnectionPassword</code> | 
|  | </p></li><li><p> | 
|  | <code class="literal">openjpa.ConnectionRetainMode</code> | 
|  | </p></li><li><p> | 
|  | <code class="literal">openjpa.TransactionMode</code> | 
|  | </p></li><li><p> | 
|  | <code class="literal">openjpa.<property></code>, where <span class="emphasis"><em><property> | 
|  | </em></span> is any JavaBean property of the | 
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|  | <code class="classname"> | 
|  | org.apache.openjpa.persistence.OpenJPAEntityManager</code></a>. | 
|  | </p></li></ul></div><p> | 
|  | The last option uses reflection to configure any property of OpenJPA's | 
|  | <code class="classname">EntityManager</code> implementation with the value supplied in | 
|  | your map. The first options correspond exactly to the same-named OpenJPA | 
|  | configuration keys described in <a href="ref_guide_conf.html" title="Chapter 2.  Configuration">Chapter 2, <i xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> | 
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