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package javax.persistence;
/**
* Defines strategies for fetching data from the database.
* The EAGER strategy is a requirement on the persistence
* provider runtime that data must be eagerly fetched. The
* LAZY strategy is a hint to the persistence provider
* runtime that data should be fetched lazily when it is
* first accessed. The implementation is permitted to eagerly
* fetch data for which the LAZY strategy hint has been
* specified.
*
*
* Example:
* @Basic(fetch=LAZY)
* protected String getName() { return name; }
*
*
* @see Basic
* @see ElementCollection
* @see ManyToMany
* @see OneToMany
* @see ManyToOne
* @see OneToOne
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
public enum FetchType {
/** Defines that data can be lazily fetched. */
LAZY,
/** Defines that data must be eagerly fetched. */
EAGER
}