/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. 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.
*/
package javax.persistence;
import java.lang.annotation.
Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.
Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.
ElementType.
TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.
RetentionPolicy.
RUNTIME;
/**
* Specifies whether an entity should be cached if caching is enabled
* when the value of the <code>persistence.xml</code> caching element
* is <code>ENABLE_SELECTIVE</code> or <code>DISABLE_SELECTIVE</code>.
* The value of the <code>Cacheable</code> annotation is inherited by
* subclasses; it can be overridden by specifying
* <code>Cacheable</code> on a subclass.
*
* <p> <code>Cacheable(false)</code> means that the entity and its state must
* not be cached by the provider.
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
@
Target( {
TYPE })
@
Retention(
RUNTIME)
public @interface
Cacheable {
/**
* (Optional) Whether or not the entity should be cached.
*/
boolean value() default true;
}