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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; | |
/** | |
* 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 { | |
} |