1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2013 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.data.platform.generator;
17
18 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
19 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
20 import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
21 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
22 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
23 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
24
25 /**
26 * Annotation for mimicing auto-incrementing fields. Currently, only one auto-
27 * incrementing field is allowed per entity, but could be modified in the future
28 * if required (just add a @Sequences annotation that help an array of @Sequence
29 * annotations). This is used in conjunction with the Kuali sequence managers rather
30 * than the standard JPA generated value annotations. The reason is that Kuali
31 * uses a sequence like algorithm for all supported databases (mysql, oracle)
32 * rather than identity or auto-incrementing fields.
33 *
34 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
35 */
36 @Documented
37 @Target({ElementType.TYPE})
38 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
39 @Inherited
40 public @interface Sequence {
41 String name();
42 String property();
43 }