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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2023 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 static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Specifies the callback listener classes to be used for an 
 * entity or mapped superclass. This annotation may be applied 
 * to an entity class or mapped superclass.
 *
 * The specified entity listener classes may have callback
 * methods annotated {@link PrePersist}, {@link PreUpdate},
 * {@link PreRemove}, {@link PostPersist}, {@link PostUpdate},
 * and/or {@link PostRemove}.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
@Target({TYPE}) 
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface EntityListeners {

    /** The callback listener classes */
    Class[] value();
}