org.hibernate.annotations
Enum SourceType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<SourceType>
      org.hibernate.annotations.SourceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<SourceType>

public enum SourceType
extends Enum<SourceType>

Where should Hibernate retrieve the value from? From the database, or from the current JVM?

Enum Constant Summary

DB
Get the timestamp from the database.

VM
Get the timestamp from the current VM.

Method Summary

String	typeName()
static SourceType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static SourceType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

VM

public static final SourceType VM

Get the timestamp from the current VM.

DB

public static final SourceType DB

Get the timestamp from the database.

Method Detail

values

public static SourceType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (SourceType c : SourceType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SourceType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

typeName

public String typeName()