EntityScanner (Spring Boot API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScanner

```
public class EntityScanner
extends Object
```
An entity scanner that searches the classpath from an @EntityScan specified packages.
Since:
1.4.0

Constructor Summary
Constructors
Constructor Description
EntityScanner(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext context)
Create a new EntityScanner instance.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Set<Class<?>>`	`scan(Class<? extends Annotation>... annotationTypes)`	Scan for entities with the specified annotations.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EntityScanner
```
public EntityScanner(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext context)
```
    Create a new EntityScanner instance.
    Parameters:
    context - the source application context
- Method Detail
  - scan
```
@SafeVarargs
public final Set<Class<?>> scan(Class<? extends Annotation>... annotationTypes)
                         throws ClassNotFoundException
```
    Scan for entities with the specified annotations.
    Parameters:
    annotationTypes - the annotation types used on the entities
    Returns:
    a set of entity classes
    Throws:
    ClassNotFoundException - if an entity class cannot be loaded