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package javax.ejb;

import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

/**
 * Applied to a business method of a stateful session bean class to indicate
 * to the container that the stateful session bean is to be removed by the
 * container after completion of the method.
 *
 * @since EJB 3.0
 */

@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Remove {

    /**
     * If true, the stateful session bean will not be removed if an 
     * exception is thrown from the designated method.
     */
    boolean retainIfException() default false;

}