Jenkins

1: /**
2:  * Copyright (C) 2020 Czech Technical University in Prague
3:  *
4:  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5:  * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
6:  * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
7:  * later version.
8:  *
9:  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10:  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11:  * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
12:  * details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13:  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
14:  */
15: package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.annotations;
16: 
17: /**
18:  * Defines polymorphic loading strategy options for the {@link Inheritance} annotation.
19:  * <p>
20:  * The strategies are described in <a href="https://github.com/kbss-cvut/jopa/issues/1">https://github.com/kbss-cvut/jopa/issues/1</a>.
21:  */
22: public enum InheritanceType {
23: 
24:     /**
25:      * Instances are loading in two steps. First, types are loaded to determine which resulting type should be used,
26:      * then the actual entity is loaded.
27:      */
28:     TWO_STEP,
29:     /**
30:      * An attempt to load an entity is made. If the entity is abstract or the corresponding type is missing, actual type
31:      * is determined from the loaded types and the missing attributes are loaded.
32:      */
33:     TRY_FIRST
34: }