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Hibernate definition of the Java Persistence 2.0 (JSR 317) API.
// $Id: GenerationType.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence;
/**
* Defines the types of primary key generation strategies.
*
* @see GeneratedValue
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
public enum GenerationType {
/**
* Indicates that the persistence provider must assign
* primary keys for the entity using an underlying
* database table to ensure uniqueness.
*/
TABLE,
/**
* Indicates that the persistence provider must assign
* primary keys for the entity using a database sequence.
*/
SEQUENCE,
/**
* Indicates that the persistence provider must assign
* primary keys for the entity using a database identity column.
*/
IDENTITY,
/**
* Indicates that the persistence provider should pick an
* appropriate strategy for the particular database. The
* AUTO generation strategy may expect a database
* resource to exist, or it may attempt to create one. A vendor
* may provide documentation on how to create such resources
* in the event that it does not support schema generation
* or cannot create the schema resource at runtime.
*/
AUTO
}