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.TYPE;
016import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
017
018/**
019 * Specifies multiple named Java Persistence query language queries.
020 * Query names are scoped to the persistence unit.
021 * The <code>NamedQueries</code> annotation can be applied to an entity or mapped superclass.
022 *
023 * @see NamedQuery
024 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
025 */
026@Target({TYPE})
027@Retention(RUNTIME)
028public @interface NamedQueries {
029
030  /**
031   * (Required) An array of <code>NamedQuery</code> annotations.
032   *
033   * @return The queries
034   */
035  NamedQuery[] value();
036}