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* | |
* Contributors: | |
* James Sutherland - initial API and implementation | |
******************************************************************************/ | |
package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations; | |
import java.lang.annotation.Retention; | |
import java.lang.annotation.Target; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; | |
/** | |
* UnionPartitioning sends queries to all connection pools and unions the results. | |
* This is for queries or relationships that span partitions when partitioning is used, | |
* such as on a ManyToMany cross partition relationship. | |
* <p> | |
* Partitioning can be enabled on an Entity, relationship, query, or session/persistence unit. | |
* Partition policies are globally named to allow reuse, | |
* the partitioning policy must also be set using the @Partitioned annotation to be used. | |
* | |
* @see Partitioned | |
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.partitioning.UnionPartitioningPolicy | |
* @author James Sutherland | |
* @since EclipseLink 2.2 | |
*/ | |
@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD}) | |
@Retention(RUNTIME) | |
public @interface UnionPartitioning { | |
/** | |
* The name of the partition policy, names must be unique for the persistence unit. | |
*/ | |
String name(); | |
/** | |
* List of connection pool names to load balance across. | |
* Defaults to all defined pools in the ServerSession. | |
*/ | |
String[] connectionPools() default {}; | |
/** | |
* Defines if write queries should be replicated. | |
* Writes are normally not replicated when unioning, | |
* but can be for ManyToMany relationships, when the join table needs to be replicated. | |
*/ | |
boolean replicateWrites() default false; | |
} |