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 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 - Version 2.0 (October 1, 2009)
 *     Specification available from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
 *
 ******************************************************************************/
package javax.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Specifies that a unique constraint is to be included in
 * the generated DDL for a primary or secondary table.
 *
 * <pre>
 *    Example:
 *    &#064;Entity
 *    &#064;Table(
 *        name="EMPLOYEE", 
 *        uniqueConstraints=
 *            &#064;UniqueConstraint(columnNames={"EMP_ID", "EMP_NAME"})
 *    )
 *    public class Employee { ... }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
@Target({}) 
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface UniqueConstraint {

    /** (Optional) Constraint name.  A provider-chosen name will be chosen
     * if a name is not specified.
     *
     * @since Java Persistence 2.0
     */
    String name() default "";

    /** (Required) An array of the column names that make up the constraint. */
    String[] columnNames();
}