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* | |
* Contributors: | |
* tware - March 25/2008 - 1.0M6 - Initial implementation | |
******************************************************************************/ | |
package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; | |
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; | |
import java.lang.annotation.Retention; | |
import java.lang.annotation.Target; | |
/** | |
* A CopyPolicy is used to set an | |
* org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy on an Entity. | |
* It is required that a class that | |
* implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy | |
* be specified as the argument. | |
* | |
* A CopyPolicy should be specified on an Entity, MappedSuperclass or | |
* Embeddable. | |
* | |
* For instance: | |
* @Entity | |
* @CopyPolicy("example.MyCopyPolicy") | |
* | |
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy | |
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CloneCopyPolicy | |
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.InstantiationCopyPolicy | |
* | |
* @author tware | |
*/ | |
@Target({TYPE}) | |
@Retention(RUNTIME) | |
public @interface CopyPolicy { | |
/** | |
* (Required) | |
* This defines the class of the copy policy. It must specify a class that | |
* implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy | |
*/ | |
Class value(); | |
} |