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package org.hibernate.envers;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* When applied to a class, indicates that all of its properties should be audited.
* When applied to a field, indicates that this field should be audited.
* @author Adam Warski (adam at warski dot org)
* @author Tomasz Bech
* @author Lukasz Antoniak (lukasz dot antoniak at gmail dot com)
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface Audited {
ModificationStore modStore() default ModificationStore.FULL;
/**
* @return Specifies if the entity that is the target of the relation should be audited or not. If not, then when
* reading a historic version an audited entity, the realtion will always point to the "current" entity.
* This is useful for dictionary-like entities, which don't change and don't need to be audited.
*/
RelationTargetAuditMode targetAuditMode() default RelationTargetAuditMode.AUDITED;
/**
* @return Specifies the superclasses for which properties should be audited, even if the superclasses are not
* annotated with {@link Audited}. Causes all properties of the listed classes to be audited, just as if the
* classes had {@link Audited} annotation applied on the class level.
*
* The scope of this functionality is limited to the class hierarchy of the annotated entity.
*
* If a parent type lists any of its parent types using this attribute, all properties in the specified classes
* will also be audited.
*/
Class[] auditParents() default {};
}