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/* * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java * * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later. * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>. */ package org.hibernate.annotations; import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.Target; 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 static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; /** * Generator annotation describing any kind of Hibernate generator in a generic (de-typed) manner. * * @author Emmanuel Bernard */ @Target({ PACKAGE, TYPE, METHOD, FIELD }) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Repeatable(GenericGenerators.class) public @interface GenericGenerator { /** * unique generator name. */ String name(); /** * Generator strategy either a predefined Hibernate strategy or a fully qualified class name. */ String strategy(); /** * Optional generator parameters. */ Parameter[] parameters() default {}; }