foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/annotations/FetchGroups.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     01/19/2010-2.1 Guy Pelletier 
 *       - 211322: Add fetch-group(s) support to the EclipseLink-ORM.XML Schema
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package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/** 
 * A FetchGroups annotation allows the definition of multiple FetchGroup. It 
 * may be specified on an Entity or MappedSuperclass.
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.FetchGroup
 * 
 * @author Guy Pelletier
 * @since EclipseLink 2.1 
 */ 
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface FetchGroups {
    /**
     * (Required) An array of fetch group.
     */
    FetchGroup[] value(); 
}