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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;

/**
 * PinnedPartitionPolicy pins requests to a single connection pool.
 * <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.PinnedPartitioningPolicy
 * @author James Sutherland
 * @since EclipseLink 2.2
 */
@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface PinnedPartitioning {
    /**
     * The name of the partition policy, names must be unique for the persistence unit.
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * The connection pool name to pin queries to.
     */
    String connectionPool();
}