| /* |
| * 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.METHOD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; |
| import static javax.persistence.FetchType.LAZY; |
| |
| /** |
| * Specifies a collection of instances of a basic type or embeddable |
| * class. |
| * Must be specified if the collection is to be mapped by |
| * means of a collection table. |
| * |
| * <pre> |
| * Example: |
| * |
| * @Entity public class Person { |
| * @Id protected String ssn; |
| * protected String name; |
| * ... |
| * @ElementCollection |
| * protected Set<String> nickNames = new HashSet(); |
| * ... |
| * } |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @since Java Persistence 2.0 |
| */ |
| @Target( { METHOD, FIELD }) |
| @Retention(RUNTIME) |
| public @interface ElementCollection { |
| |
| /** |
| * (Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element |
| * type of the collection. This element is optional only if the |
| * collection field or property is defined using Java generics, |
| * and must be specified otherwise. It defaults to the |
| * paramterized type of the collection when defined using |
| * generics. |
| */ |
| Class targetClass() default void.class; |
| |
| /** |
| * (Optional) Whether the collection should be lazily loaded or must be |
| * eagerly fetched. The EAGER strategy is a requirement on |
| * the persistence provider runtime that the collection elements |
| * must be eagerly fetched. The LAZY strategy is a hint to the |
| * persistence provider runtime. |
| */ |
| FetchType fetch() default LAZY; |
| } |