Subversion Repositories WebE

//$Id$
package org.hibernate.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PACKAGE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Defines @Any and @manyToAny metadata
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
@java.lang.annotation.Target( { PACKAGE, TYPE, METHOD, FIELD } )
@Retention( RUNTIME )
public @interface AnyMetaDef {
        /**
         * If defined, assign a global meta definition name to be used in an @Any or @ManyToAny annotation
         * If not defined, the metadata applies to the current property or field
         */
        String name() default "";

        /**
         * meta discriminator Hibernate type
         */
        String metaType();

        /**
         * Hibernate type of the id column
         * @return
         */
        String idType();

        /**
         * Matching discriminator values with their respective entity
         */
        MetaValue[] metaValues();
}