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

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

package javax.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

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

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

/**

 * Is used to specify a named query in the Java Persistence query language, which is a static

 * query expressed in metadata. Query names are scoped to the persistence unit.

 *

 * @author Emmanuel Bernard

 */

//TODO remove the mackage target

@Target({TYPE}) @Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface NamedQuery {

        /**

         * Refers to the query when using the EntityManager methods that create query objects.

         */

        String name();

        /**

         * The query string in the Java Persistence query language

         */

        String query();

        /**

         * Vendor-specific query hints

         */

        QueryHint[] hints() default {};

}