/*
* 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: InheritanceType.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $
package javax.persistence;
/**
* Defines inheritance strategy options.
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
public enum InheritanceType {
/** A single table per class hierarchy. */
SINGLE_TABLE,
/** A table per concrete entity class. */
TABLE_PER_CLASS,
/**
* A strategy in which fields that are specific to a
* subclass are mapped to a separate table than the fields
* that are common to the parent class, and a join is
* performed to instantiate the subclass.
*/
JOINED
}