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package org.hibernate.annotations;

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

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

Defines size for batch loading of collections or lazy entities.  For example...
    @Entity
    @BatchSize(size=100)
    class Product {
        ...
    }

will initialize up to 100 lazy Product entity proxies at a time.
    	@OneToMany
    	@BatchSize(size = 5) /
    	Set getProducts() { ... };

will initialize up to 5 lazy collections of products at a time
Author:
Emmanuel Bernard, Steve Ebersole/**
 * Defines size for batch loading of collections or lazy entities.  For example...
 * <blockquote><pre>
 *     &#064;Entity
 *     &#064;BatchSize(size=100)
 *     class Product {
 *         ...
 *     }
 * </pre></blockquote>
 * will initialize up to 100 lazy Product entity proxies at a time.
 *
 * <blockquote><pre>
 *     	&#064;OneToMany
 *     	&#064;BatchSize(size = 5) /
 *     	Set<Product> getProducts() { ... };
 * </pre></blockquote>
 * will initialize up to 5 lazy collections of products at a time
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface BatchSize {
	
Strictly positive integer.
/**
	 * Strictly positive integer.
	 */
	int size();
}