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package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;

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

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

/** 
 * The Customizer annotation is used to specify a class that implements the 
 * org.eclipse.persistence.config.DescriptorCustomizer 
 * interface and is to run against an entity's class descriptor after all 
 * metadata processing has been completed.
 *
 * The Customizer annotation may be defined on an Entity, MappedSuperclass or 
 * Embeddable class. In the case of inheritance, a Customizer is not inherited 
 * from its parent classes.
 * 
 * @author Guy Pelletier
 * @since Oracle TopLink 11.1.1.0.0 
 */ 
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Customizer {
    /**
     * (Required) Defines the name of the descriptor customizer that should be
     * applied to this entity's descriptor.
     */
    Class value(); 
}
