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/*
 * Copyright 2010 Bull S.A.S.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package javax.persistence;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

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

/**
 * The Cacheable annotation specifies whether an entity should be cached if caching is enabled when the value of the
 * persistence.xml shared-cache-mode element is ENABLE_SELECTIVE or DISABLE_SELECTIVE. The value of the Cacheable annotation is
 * inherited by subclasses; it can be overridden by specifying Cacheable on a subclass.
 * @see JPA 2.0 specification
 * @author Florent Benoit
 * @since JPA 2.0 version.
 */
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Cacheable {

    /**
     * (Optional) Whether or not the entity should be cached
     */
    boolean value() default true;
}