/*
* 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: Lob.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $
package javax.persistence;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted
* as a large object to a database-supported large object type.
*
* <p> Portable applications should use the <code>Lob</code> annotation
* when mapping to a database Lob type. The <code>Lob</code>
* annotation may be used in conjunction with the {@link Basic}
* annotation or the {@link ElementCollection} annotation when the
* element collection value is of basic type. A <code>Lob</code> may
* be either a binary or character type.
*
* <p> The <code>Lob</code> type is inferred from the type of the
* persistent field or property, and except for string and
* character-based types defaults to Blob.
* <pre>
*
* Example 1:
*
* @Lob @Basic(fetch=LAZY)
* @Column(name="REPORT")
* protected String report;
*
* Example 2:
*
* @Lob @Basic(fetch=LAZY)
* @Column(name="EMP_PIC", columnDefinition="BLOB NOT NULL")
* protected byte[] pic;
*
* </pre>
*
* @see Basic
* @see ElementCollection
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Lob {
}