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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.annotations;
/**
* Lazy options available for a ToOne association
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
public enum LazyToOneOption {
/** eagerly load the association */
FALSE,
/**
* Lazy, give back a proxy which will be loaded when the state is requested
* This should be the prefered option
*/
PROXY,
/** Lazy, give back the real object loaded when a reference is requested
* (Bytecode enhancement is mandatory for this option, fall back to PROXY
* if the class is not enhanced)
* This option should be avoided unless you can't afford the use of proxies
*/
NO_PROXY
}