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package org.hibernate.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;

For updating, should this entity use dynamic sql generation where only changed columns get referenced in the
prepared sql statement?

Note, for re-attachment of detached entities this is not possible without select-before-update being enabled.
Author:
Steve Ebersole
See Also:
SelectBeforeUpdate/**
 * For updating, should this entity use dynamic sql generation where only changed columns get referenced in the
 * prepared sql statement?
 * <p/>
 * Note, for re-attachment of detached entities this is not possible without select-before-update being enabled.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 *
 * @see SelectBeforeUpdate
 */
@Target( TYPE )
@Retention( RUNTIME )
public @interface DynamicUpdate {
	
Should dynamic update generation be used for this entity? true says the update sql will be dynamic generated. Default is true (since generally this annotation is not used unless the user wants dynamic generation). /**
	 * Should dynamic update generation be used for this entity?  {@code true} says the update sql will be dynamic
	 * generated.  Default is {@code true} (since generally this annotation is not used unless the user wants dynamic
	 * generation).
	 */
	boolean value() default true;
}