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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2020 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 - 2.1
//     Linda DeMichiel - 2.0

package jakarta.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Specifies that the class is an entity. This annotation is applied to the
 * entity class.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 */
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Entity {

	/**
	 * (Optional) The entity name. Defaults to the unqualified
	 * name of the entity class. This name is used to refer to the
	 * entity in queries. The name must not be a reserved literal
	 * in the Jakarta Persistence query language.
	 */
	String name() default "";
}