de.thksystems.persistence.hibernate.immutable.Mutable Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* tksCommons / mugwort
*
* Author : Thomas Kuhlmann (ThK-Systems, http://oss.thk-systems.de) License : LGPL (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
*/
package de.thksystems.persistence.hibernate.immutable;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Marks the field as mutable.
*
* Only useful for entities marked as {@link Immutable}. In other entities it is ignored!!
*
* Use it with caution and never use it for business fields, just for technical fields!!!
*
* @author Thomas Kuhlmann (kuhl025), arvato D1CS, extern
*/
@Documented
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Mutable {
/**
* The value can be set only once from null to some non-null value.
*/
boolean finall() default false;
}