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* Copyright 2008 biaoping.yin
*
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package com.frameworkset.orm.engine.model;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Interface for various ID retrieval method types
* (i.e. auto-increment, sequence, ID broker, etc.).
*
* @author <a href="mailto:dlr@collab.net">Daniel Rall</a>
* @version $Id: IDMethod.java,v 1.3 2004/02/22 06:27:19 jmcnally Exp $
*/
public interface IDMethod extends Serializable
{
/**
* Key generation via database-specific ID method
* (i.e. auto-increment for MySQL, sequence for Oracle, etc.).
*/
String NATIVE = "native";
/**
* Key generation via auto-increment.
*/
// String AUTO_INCREMENT = "autoincrement";
/**
* Key generation via sequences.
*/
// String SEQUENCE = "sequence";
/**
* Key generation via the IDBroker table.
*/
String ID_BROKER = "idbroker";
/**
* No RDBMS key generation (keys may be generated by the
* application).
*/
String NO_ID_METHOD = "none";
}