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* Contributors:
* tware - March 25/2008 - 1.0M6 - Initial implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* An InstantiationCopyPolicy is used to set an
* org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.InstantiationCopyPolicy on an
* Entity.
*
* InstantiationCopyPolicy is the default CopyPolicy if weaving is not used,
* or if property access is used.
*
* A special CloneCopyPolicy is used if weaving and field access is used.
*
* An InstantiationCopyPolicy should be specified on an Entity,
* MappedSuperclass or Embeddable.
* <p>
* Example:
* <pre><code>
* {@literal @}Entity
* {@literal @}InstantiationCopyPolicy
* public class Employee {
* </code></pre>
*
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.InstantiationCopyPolicy
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CloneCopyPolicy
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.CopyPolicy
*
* @author tware
*/
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface InstantiationCopyPolicy {
}