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 * Contributors:
 *     tware - March 25/2008 - 1.0M6 - Initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;

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

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

/**
 * A CopyPolicy is used to set an 
 * org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy on an Entity.
 * It is required that a class that 
 * implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy
 * be specified as the argument.
 * 
 * A CopyPolicy should be specified on an Entity, MappedSuperclass or
 * Embeddable.
 * 
 * For instance:
 * {@literal @}Entity
 * {@literal @}CopyPolicy("example.MyCopyPolicy")
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CloneCopyPolicy
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.InstantiationCopyPolicy
 * 
 * @author tware
 */
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface CopyPolicy {

    /**
     * (Required)
     * This defines the class of the copy policy.  It must specify a class that 
     * implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CopyPolicy
     */
    Class value();
}