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package javax.ejb;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

/**
 * Applied to an exception to denote that it is an application exception
 * and should be reported to the client directly (i.e., unwrapped).
 *
 * @since EJB 3.0
 */

@Target(TYPE) 
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ApplicationException {

    /**
     * Indicates whether the container should cause the transaction to 
     * rollback when the exception is thrown.
     */
    boolean rollback() default false;

    /**
     * Indicates whether the application exception designation should
     * apply to subclasses of the annotated exception class.
     *
     * @since EJB 3.1
     */
    boolean inherited() default true;


}