| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 - 2013 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution. |
| * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1 |
| * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 |
| * |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package javax.persistence; |
| |
| /** |
| * Flush mode setting. |
| * |
| * <p> When queries are executed within a transaction, if |
| * <code>FlushModeType.AUTO</code> is set on the {@link |
| * javax.persistence.Query Query} or {@link javax.persistence.TypedQuery |
| * TypedQuery} object, or if the flush mode setting for the |
| * persistence context is <code>AUTO</code> (the default) and a flush |
| * mode setting has not been specified for the <code>Query</code> or |
| * <code>TypedQuery</code> object, the persistence provider is |
| * responsible for ensuring that all updates to the state of all |
| * entities in the persistence context which could potentially affect |
| * the result of the query are visible to the processing of the |
| * query. The persistence provider implementation may achieve this by |
| * flushing those entities to the database or by some other means. |
| * <p> If <code>FlushModeType.COMMIT</code> is set, the effect of |
| * updates made to entities in the persistence context upon queries is |
| * unspecified. |
| * |
| * <p> If there is no transaction active or the persistence context is not |
| * joined to the current transaction, the persistence provider must not flush |
| * to the database. |
| * |
| * @since Java Persistence 1.0 |
| */ |
| public enum FlushModeType { |
| |
| /** Flushing to occur at transaction commit. The provider may flush |
| * at other times, but is not required to. |
| */ |
| COMMIT, |
| |
| /** (Default) Flushing to occur at query execution. */ |
| AUTO |
| } |