01: /*
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04: * distributed with this work for additional information
05: * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
06: * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
07: * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
08: * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
09: *
10: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11: *
12: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
13: * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
14: * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
15: * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
16: * specific language governing permissions and limitations
17: * under the License.
18: */
19: package org.apache.openjpa.persistence;
20:
21: import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
22: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
23: import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
24: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
25:
26: /**
27: * The annotated interface should be treated as a managed interface by OpenJPA.
28: * New instances of this type can be created by invoking
29: * {@link OpenJPAEntityManager#createInstance(Class)}.
30: * Interfaces with this annotation should also be annotated with one of the JPA
31: * entity annotations ({@link javax.persistence.Entity @Entity},
32: * {@link javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass @MappedSuperclass},
33: * or {@link javax.persistence.Embeddable @Embeddable}).
34: *
35: * @since 1.1.0
36: * @published
37: */
38: @Target({TYPE})
39: @Retention(RUNTIME)
40: public @interface ManagedInterface {
41: }
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