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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* For updating, should this entity use dynamic sql generation where only changed columns get referenced in the
* prepared sql statement?
* <p/>
* Note, for re-attachment of detached entities this is not possible without select-before-update being enabled.
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*
* @see SelectBeforeUpdate
*/
@Target( TYPE )
@Retention( RUNTIME )
public @interface DynamicUpdate {
boolean value() default true;
}