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 persistence provider for the persistence unit</dd>
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<dd>2.0</dd>
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<pre><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Properties</a>&nbsp;getProperties()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns a properties obj