| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1 |
| // Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 |
| |
| package javax.persistence; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.Target; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Retention; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; |
| import static javax.persistence.InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE; |
| |
| /** |
| * Specifies the inheritance strategy to be used for an entity class |
| * hierarchy. It is specified on the entity class that is the root of |
| * the entity class hierarchy. If the <code>Inheritance</code> annotation is not |
| * specified or if no inheritance type is specified for an entity |
| * class hierarchy, the <code>SINGLE_TABLE</code> mapping strategy is used. |
| * |
| * <pre> |
| * |
| * Example: |
| * |
| * @Entity |
| * @Inheritance(strategy=JOINED) |
| * public class Customer { ... } |
| * |
| * @Entity |
| * public class ValuedCustomer extends Customer { ... } |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @since Java Persistence 1.0 |
| */ |
| @Target({TYPE}) |
| @Retention(RUNTIME) |
| |
| public @interface Inheritance { |
| |
| /** The strategy to be used for the entity inheritance hierarchy. */ |
| InheritanceType strategy() default SINGLE_TABLE; |
| } |