/*

  * Copyright 2007-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in

  * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

  * 

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.core.jpa.annotations;

 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;

 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

 import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;

 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

 /**

  * Annotation for mimicing auto-incrementing fields.  Currently, only one auto-

  * incrementing field is allowed per entity, but could be modified in the future

  * if required (just add a @Sequences annotation that help an array of @Sequence

  * annotations). This is used in conjunction with the Kuali sequence managers rather

  * than the standard JPA generated value annotations. The reason is that Kuali 

  * uses a sequence like algorithm for all supported databases (mysql, oracle) 

  * rather than identity or auto-incrementing fields.

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 @Documented

 @Target({ElementType.TYPE})

 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

 @Inherited

 public @interface Sequence {

         String name();

         String property();

 }