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
012/**
013 * Is used with the {@link Access} annotation to specify an access
014 * type to be applied to an entity class, mapped superclass, or
015 * embeddable class, or to a specific attribute of such a class.
016 *
017 * @see Access
018 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
019 */
020public enum AccessType {
021
022  /**
023   * Field-based access is used.
024   */
025  FIELD,
026
027  /**
028   * Property-based access is used.
029   */
030  PROPERTY
031}