//$Id: InheritanceType.java 11282 2007-03-14 22:05:59Z epbernard $
//EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence;

/**
 * Defines inheritance strategy options.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public enum InheritanceType
{
	/**
	 * A single table per class hierarchy
	 */
	SINGLE_TABLE,
	/**
	 * A table per concrete entity class
	 */
	TABLE_PER_CLASS,
	/**
	 * A strategy in which fields that are specific to a subclass are mapped to a separate
	 * table than the fields that are common to the parent class, and a join is performed
	 * to instantiate the subclass.
	 */
	JOINED };