Hibernate example source code file (RevisionEntity.java)

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The Hibernate RevisionEntity.java source code

/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.envers;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Marks an entity to be created whenever a new revision is generated. The revisions entity must have
 * an integer-valued unique property (preferably the primary id) annotated with {@link RevisionNumber}
 * and a long-valued property annotated with {@link RevisionTimestamp}. The {@link DefaultRevisionEntity}
 * already has those two fields, so you may extend it, but you may also write your own revision entity
 * from scratch.
 * 
 * @author Adam Warski (adam at warski dot org)
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface RevisionEntity {
    Class<? extends RevisionListener> value() default RevisionListener.class;
}