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* Contributors:
* James Sutherland - initial design and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.persistence.nosql.annotations;
/**
* Used to configure the data format type for an EIS descriptor.
*
* @see NoSql
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.eis.EISDescriptor#setDataFormat(String)
* @author James Sutherland
* @since EclipseLink 2.4
*/
public enum DataFormatType {
/**
* XML data is used. Objects are converted to XML.
* This is the default data format.
*/
XML,
/**
* JCA IndexedRecords are used, objects data is decomposed into an array of field values.
*/
INDEXED,
/**
* JCA MappedRecords are used, objects data is decomposed into a Map of key/value pairs.
*/
MAPPED
}