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//$Id: Lob.java 11282 2007-03-14 22:05:59Z epbernard $

//EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

package javax.persistence;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

/**

 * Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted as a large object to a

 * database-supported large object type. The Lob annotation may be used in conjunction with

 * the Basic annotation. A Lob may be either a binary or character type.

 *

 * The Lob type is inferred from the type of the persistent field or property, and except

 * for string and character-based types defaults to Blob.

 *  

 * @author Emmanuel Bernard

 */

@Target({METHOD, FIELD}) @Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface Lob {}