/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Sun Microsystems. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution.
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 - Version 2.0 (October 1, 2009)
 *     Specification available from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
 */

// $Id: Access.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $

package javax.persistence;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Used to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class,
 * mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute
 * of such a class.
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
 */
@Target( { TYPE, METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Access {

    /**
     * (Required)  Specification of field- or property-based access.
     */
    AccessType value();
}