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package org.hibernate.annotations;

Where should Hibernate retrieve the value from? From the database, or from the current JVM?
Author:
Hardy Ferentschik/**
 * Where should Hibernate retrieve the value from? From the database, or from the current JVM?
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public enum SourceType {
	
Get the timestamp from the current VM.
/**
	 * Get the timestamp from the current VM.
	 */
	VM( "timestamp" ),

	
Get the timestamp from the database.
/**
	 * Get the timestamp from the database.
	 */
	DB( "dbtimestamp" );

	private final String typeName;

	private SourceType(String typeName ) {
		this.typeName = typeName;
	}

	
Get the corresponding Hibernate VersionType name. 
Returns:
The corresponding type name./**
	 * Get the corresponding Hibernate {@link org.hibernate.type.VersionType} name.
	 *
	 * @return The corresponding type name.
	 */
	public String typeName() {
		return typeName;
	}
}