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The Java Data Objects (JDO) API is a standard interface-based Java model abstraction of persistence, developed as Java Specification Request 243 under the auspices of the Java Community Process.

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package javax.jdo.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotation for a database foreign-key.
 * Corresponds to the xml element "foreign-key".
 *
 * @version 2.1
 * @since 2.1
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD}) 
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface ForeignKey
{
    /** Name of the foreign key.
     * @return the name of the foreign key
     */
    String name() default "";

    /** Table for the foreign key. This is needed iff annotating a type where
     * the foreign key is not defined on the primary table for the type.
     * @return the table on which the foreign key is defined
     */
    String table() default "";

    /** Whether this foreign key is deferred 
     * (constraint is checked only at commit).
     * @return whether this foreign key is deferred
     */
    String deferred() default "";

    /** Whether this foreign key is unique.
     * @return whether this foreign key is unique
     */
    String unique() default "";

    /** The delete action of this foreign key.
     * @return the delete action of this foreign key
     */
    ForeignKeyAction deleteAction() default ForeignKeyAction.RESTRICT;

    /** The update action of this foreign key.
     * @return the update action of this foreign key
     */
    ForeignKeyAction updateAction() default ForeignKeyAction.RESTRICT;

    /** Member (field and property) names that compose this foreign key.
     * @return the member names that compose this foreign key
     */
    String[] members() default {};

    /** Columns that compose this foreign key.
     * @return the columns that compose this foreign key
     */
    Column[] columns() default {};
}