javax.persistence.Cacheable Maven / Gradle / Ivy
// $Id: Cacheable.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Specifies whether an entity should be cached if caching is enabled
* when the value of the persistence.xml caching element
* is ENABLE_SELECTIVE or DISABLE_SELECTIVE.
* The value of the Cacheable annotation is inherited by
* subclasses; it can be overridden by specifying
* Cacheable on a subclass.
*
* Cacheable(false) means that the entity and its state must
* not be cached by the provider.
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
@Target( { TYPE })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Cacheable {
/**
* (Optional) Whether or not the entity should be cached.
*/
boolean value() default true;
}