/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2016 Sun Microsystems. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution.
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 - Version 2.0 (October 1, 2009)
 *     Specification available from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
 */

// $Id: Transient.java,v 1.2 2015/05/12 21:01:44 ataides Exp $

package javax.persistence;

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

/**
 * Specifies that the property or field is not persistent. It is used
 * to annotate a property or field of an entity class, mapped
 * superclass, or embeddable class.
 *
 * <pre>
 *    Example:
 *
 *    &#064;Entity
 *    public class Employee {
 *        &#064;Id int id;
 *        &#064;Transient User currentUser;
 *        ...
 *    }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
@Target({ METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Transient {
}
