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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2015 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.jpa;
17  
18  import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
19  import java.lang.annotation.Target;
20  
21  import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
22  import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
23  
24  /**
25   * Defines a primary key generator that may be referenced by name when a generator element is specified for the
26   * {@link javax.persistence.GeneratedValue} annotation.
27   *
28   * <p>
29   * A portable sequence generator may be specified on the entity class or on the primary key field or property. The scope
30   * of the generator name is global to the persistence unit (across all generator types).
31   * </p>
32   *
33   * <p>
34   * The term "portable" in this case indicates that native sequences will be used if the target database platform
35   * supports them. However, if it does not have native sequence support, then sequence-like behavior will be emulated
36   * using an appropriate strategy for the target platform.
37   * </p>
38   *
39   * <pre>
40   *   Examples:
41   *
42   *   &#064;PortableSequenceGenerator(name="EMP_SEQ")
43   *
44   *   &#064;PortableSequenceGenerator(name="EMP_SEQ", sequenceName="EMP_SEQ", initialValue = 1)
45   * </pre>
46   *
47   * <p>
48   * Current, in order for this annotation to work properly, the
49   * {@link org.kuali.rice.krad.data.jpa.eclipselink.KradEclipseLinkCustomizer} must be configured for the EclipseLink
50   * persistence unit. This can be done manually using
51   * {@link org.eclipse.persistence.config.PersistenceUnitProperties#SESSION_CUSTOMIZER}, or it will be done automatically
52   * when using {@link org.kuali.rice.krad.data.jpa.eclipselink.KradEclipseLinkEntityManagerFactoryBean}.</p>
53   *
54   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
55   */
56  @Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
57  @Retention(RUNTIME)
58  public @interface PortableSequenceGenerator {
59  
60      /**
61       * (Required) A unique generator name that can be referenced by one or more classes to be the generator for primary
62       * key values.
63       *
64       * @return the name of the sequence generator.
65       */
66      String name();
67  
68      /**
69       * (Optional) The name of the database sequence object from which to obtain primary key values. If not specified,
70       * will default to the name of this generator.
71       *
72       * @return the sequence name associated with the sequence generator.
73       */
74      String sequenceName() default "";
75  
76      /**
77       * (Optional) The value from which the sequence object is to start generating. Only used for generation of the
78       * sequence in the schema.
79       *
80       * <p>
81       * If the sequence construct already exists in the database or schema generation is not enabled, then this value is
82       * effectively ignored.
83       * </p>
84       *
85       * @return the initial value of the sequence.
86       */
87      int initialValue() default 1000;
88  
89  }