Persistent.java

/*
    Copyright (C) 2016 maik.jablonski@jease.org

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 */
package jfix.db4o;

/**
 * Base class for all persistent classes.
 */
public class Persistent {

	/**
	 * Marker interface for value-objects. Whereas an entity (first class
	 * citizen) has a lifecycle on its own, the lifecycle of a value-object is
	 * dependent on enclosing entity. Therefore value-objects will be updated or
	 * deleted with enclosing entity.
	 */
	public interface Value {
	}

}