openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/ManagedInterface.java

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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * The annotated interface should be treated as a managed interface by OpenJPA.
 * New instances of this type can be created by invoking
 * {@link OpenJPAEntityManager#createInstance(Class)}.
 * Interfaces with this annotation should also be annotated with one of the JPA
 * entity annotations ({@link javax.persistence.Entity @Entity},
 * {@link javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass @MappedSuperclass},
 * or {@link javax.persistence.Embeddable @Embeddable}).
 *
 * @since 1.1.0
 * @published
 */
@Target({ TYPE })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ManagedInterface {
}