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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008 - 2013 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. * * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 * which accompanies this distribution. * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. * * Contributors: * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1 * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 * ******************************************************************************/ package javax.persistence; /** * Defines the set of cascadable operations that are propagated * to the associated entity. * The value <code>cascade=ALL</code> is equivalent to * <code>cascade={PERSIST, MERGE, REMOVE, REFRESH, DETACH}</code>. * * @since Java Persistence 1.0 */ public enum CascadeType { /** Cascade all operations */ ALL, /** Cascade persist operation */ PERSIST, /** Cascade merge operation */ MERGE, /** Cascade remove operation */ REMOVE, /** Cascade refresh operation */ REFRESH, /** * Cascade detach operation * * @since Java Persistence 2.0 * */ DETACH }