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*
* Contributors:
* 06/18/2009 Andrei Ilitchev
* - JPA 2.0 - OrderedList support.
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* OrderCorrection annotation may be specified together with OrderColumn annotation.
* Its OrderCorrectionType value defines what should be done in case
* the order list read from the data base is invalid
* (has nulls, duplicates, negative values, values greater/equal to list size -
* the only valid order list of n elements is: {0, 1,..., n-1}).
*
* If the annotation is not specified than OrderCorrectionValue.READ_WRITE used.
*
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.config.OrderColumn
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.OrderCorrectionType
*
*/
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface OrderCorrection {
OrderCorrectionType value();
}