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// $Id: FetchType.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence;

/**
 * Defines strategies for fetching data from the database.
 * The EAGER strategy is a requirement on the persistence
 * provider runtime that data must be eagerly fetched. The
 * LAZY strategy is a hint to the persistence provider
 * runtime that data should be fetched lazily when it is
 * first accessed. The implementation is permitted to eagerly
 * fetch data for which the LAZY strategy hint has been
 * specified.
 *
 *  *   Example:
 *   @Basic(fetch=LAZY)
 *   protected String getName() { return name; }
 * 
 *
 * @see Basic
 * @see ElementCollection
 * @see ManyToMany
 * @see OneToMany
 * @see ManyToOne
 * @see OneToOne
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
public enum FetchType {

    /** Defines that data can be lazily fetched. */
    LAZY,

    /** Defines that data must be eagerly fetched. */
    EAGER
}