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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    
}