/*
* 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: CascadeType.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $
package javax.persistence;
/**
* Defines the set of cascadable operations that are propagated
* to the associated entity.
* The value <code>cascade=ALL</code> is equivalent to
* <code>cascade={PERSIST, MERGE, REMOVE, REFRESH, DETACH}</code>.
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
public enum CascadeType {
/** Cascade all operations */
ALL,
/** Cascade persist operation */
PERSIST,
/** Cascade merge operation */
MERGE,
/** Cascade remove operation */
REMOVE,
/** Cascade refresh operation */
REFRESH,
/**
* Cascade detach operation
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*
*/
DETACH
}