foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/annotations/VirtualAccessMethods.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.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Specifies that this class contains virtual attributes.
 * This annotation is used in an EclipseLink-specific way to define
 * access methods used by mappings with accessType=VIRTUAL.
 * The xml-equivalent is the <access-methods> tag
 */
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface VirtualAccessMethods {

    /**
     * (Optional) The name of the getter method to use for the virtual property
     * This method must take a single java.lang.String parameter and return a java.lang.Object.
     * If setMethod is specified, getMethod must be specified
     */
    String get() default "get";
    
    /**
     * (Optional) The name of the setter method to use for the virtual property
     * This method must take a java.lang.String parameter and a java.lang.Object parameter.
     * If getMethod is specified, setMethod must be specified
     */
    String set() default "set";
}