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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; /** * Flush mode setting. * * <p> When queries are executed within a transaction, if * <code>FlushModeType.AUTO</code> is set on the {@link * javax.persistence.Query Query} or {@link javax.persistence.TypedQuery * TypedQuery} object, or if the flush mode setting for the * persistence context is <code>AUTO</code> (the default) and a flush * mode setting has not been specified for the <code>Query</code> or * <code>TypedQuery</code> object, the persistence provider is * responsible for ensuring that all updates to the state of all * entities in the persistence context which could potentially affect * the result of the query are visible to the processing of the * query. The persistence provider implementation may achieve this by * flushing those entities to the database or by some other means. * <p> If <code>FlushModeType.COMMIT</code> is set, the effect of * updates made to entities in the persistence context upon queries is * unspecified. * * <p> If there is no transaction active or the persistence context is not * joined to the current transaction, the persistence provider must not flush * to the database. * * @since Java Persistence 1.0 */ public enum FlushModeType { /** Flushing to occur at transaction commit. The provider may flush * at other times, but is not required to. */ COMMIT, /** (Default) Flushing to occur at query execution. */ AUTO }