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package org.hibernate.mapping;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Indicates whether given properties are generated by the database and, if
* so, at what time(s) they are generated.
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public class PropertyGeneration implements Serializable {
/**
* Values for this property are never generated by the database.
*/
public static final PropertyGeneration NEVER = new PropertyGeneration( "never" );
/**
* Values for this property are generated by the database on insert.
*/
public static final PropertyGeneration INSERT = new PropertyGeneration( "insert" );
/**
* Values for this property are generated by the database on both insert and update.
*/
public static final PropertyGeneration ALWAYS = new PropertyGeneration( "always" );
private final String name;
private PropertyGeneration(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public static PropertyGeneration parse(String name) {
if ( "insert".equalsIgnoreCase( name ) ) {
return INSERT;
}
else if ( "always".equalsIgnoreCase( name ) ) {
return ALWAYS;
}
else {
return NEVER;
}
}
private Object readResolve() {
return parse( name );
}
public String toString() {
return getClass().getName() + "(" + getName() + ")";
}
}