001/*
002 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. All rights reserved.
003 *
004 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
005 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
006 * which accompanies this distribution.  The Eclipse Public License is available
007 * at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse Distribution License
008 * is available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
009 */
010package javax.persistence;
011
012import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
013import java.lang.annotation.Target;
014
015import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
016import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
017
018/**
019 * Used to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class,
020 * mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute
021 * of such a class.
022 *
023 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
024 */
025@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
026@Retention(RUNTIME)
027public @interface Access {
028
029  /**
030   * (Required)  Specification of field- or property-based access.
031   */
032  AccessType value();
033}