/*
* 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: Type.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $
package javax.persistence.metamodel;
/**
* Instances of the type <code>Type</code> represent persistent object
* or attribute types.
*
* @param <X> The type of the represented object or attribute
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface Type<X> {
public static enum PersistenceType {
/**
* Entity
*/
ENTITY,
/**
* Embeddable class
*/
EMBEDDABLE,
/**
* Mapped superclass
*/
MAPPED_SUPERCLASS,
/**
* Basic type
*/
BASIC
}
/**
* Return the persistence type.
*
* @return persistence type
*/
PersistenceType getPersistenceType();
/**
* Return the represented Java type.
*
* @return Java type
*/
Class<X> getJavaType();
}