javax.jdo.annotations.PrimaryKey Maven / Gradle / Ivy

Go to download

Show more of this group Show more artifacts with this name
Show all versions of jdo-api Show documentation

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.

There is a newer version: 3.2.1

Show newest version

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
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 on a member to define it as a primary key member of a class or
 * persistent interface using application identity. 
 * Also used to define the primary key columns of a secondary table.
 * Corresponds to the xml element "primary-key".
 * 
 * @version 2.1
 * @since 2.1
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD}) 
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface PrimaryKey
{
    /**
     * Name of the primary key constraint
     * @return the name of the primary key constraint
     */
    String name() default "";

    /**
     * Name of the column to use for the primary key
     * @return the name of the column to use for the primary key
     */
    String column() default "";

    /**
     * The column(s) for the primary key
     * @return the column(s) for the primary key
     */
    Column[] columns() default {};
}