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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.internal;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ClassDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.MappingFileDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.PackageDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ScanEnvironment;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ScanOptions;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ScanParameters;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ScanResult;
+import org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of Scanner that does nothing. Used for optimizing startup
+ * time when metadata scanning is not needed.
+ *
+ * @author Petteri Pitkanen
+ */
+public class DisabledScanner implements Scanner {
+	private static final ScanResult emptyScanResult = new ScanResultImpl(
+		Collections.<PackageDescriptor>emptySet(),
+		Collections.<ClassDescriptor>emptySet(),
+		Collections.<MappingFileDescriptor>emptySet()
+	);
+
+	@Override
+	public ScanResult scan(final ScanEnvironment environment, final ScanOptions options, final ScanParameters parameters) {
+		return emptyScanResult;
+	}
+}