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

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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;

/**
 * An InstantiationCopyPolicy is used to set an 
 * org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.InstantiationCopyPolicy on an 
 * Entity.
 * 
 * InstantiationCopyPolicy is the default CopyPolicy if weaving is not used,
 * or if property access is used.
 * 
 * A special CloneCopyPolicy is used if weaving and field access is used.
 * 
 * An InstantiationCopyPolicy should be specified on an Entity,
 * MappedSuperclass or Embeddable.
 * <p>
 * Example:
 * <code><pre>
 * @Entity
 * @InstantiationCopyPolicy 
 * public class Employee {
 * </pre></code>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.InstantiationCopyPolicy
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CloneCopyPolicy
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CopyPolicy
 * 
 * @author tware
 */
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface InstantiationCopyPolicy {
}