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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0
 *
 ******************************************************************************/ 
package javax.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Applied to a persistent field or property of an entity 
 * class or mapped superclass to denote a composite primary 
 * key that is an embeddable class. The embeddable class 
 * must be annotated as {@link Embeddable}. 
 *
 *  There must be only one EmbeddedId annotation and
 * no Id annotation when the EmbeddedId annotation is used.
 *
 * 
 The {@link AttributeOverride} annotation may be used to override
 * the column mappings declared within the embeddable class.
 * 
 * 
 The {@link MapsId} annotation may be used in conjunction
 * with the EmbeddedId annotation to specify a derived
 * primary key.
 *
 * 
 If the entity has a derived primary key, the
 * AttributeOverride annotation may only be used to
 * override those attributes of the embedded id that do not correspond
 * to the relationship to the parent entity.
 *
 * 
 Relationship mappings defined within an embedded id class are not supported.
 *
 * 
 *    Example 1:
 *
 *    @EmbeddedId
 *    protected EmployeePK empPK;
 *
 *
 *    Example 2:
 *
 *    @Embeddable
 *    public class DependentId {
 *       String name;
 *       EmployeeId empPK;   // corresponds to primary key type of Employee
 *    }
 *
 *    @Entity
 *    public class Dependent {
 *       // default column name for "name" attribute is overridden
 *       @AttributeOverride(name="name", @Column(name="dep_name"))
 *       @EmbeddedId DependentId id;
 *       ...
 *       @MapsId("empPK")
 *       @ManyToOne Employee emp;
 *    }
 * 
 *
 * @see Embeddable
 * @see MapsId
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface EmbeddedId {}