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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution.  The Eclipse Public License is available
 * at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse Distribution License
 * is available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 */
package javax.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Specifies that the class is an entity. This annotation is applied to the
 * entity class.
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Entity {

	/**
	 * (Optional) The entity name. Defaults to the unqualified
	 * name of the entity class. This name is used to refer to the
	 * entity in queries. The name must not be a reserved literal
	 * in the Java Persistence query language.
	 * @return entity name
	 */
	String name() default "";
}




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