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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.annotations;

import org.hibernate.tuple.GenerationTiming;

At what time(s) will the generation occur?
Author:
Emmanuel Bernard/**
 * At what time(s) will the generation occur?
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public enum GenerationTime {
	
Indicates the value is never generated.
/**
	 * Indicates the value is never generated.
	 */
	NEVER( GenerationTiming.NEVER ),
	
Indicates the value is generated on insert.
/**
	 * Indicates the value is generated on insert.
	 */
	INSERT( GenerationTiming.INSERT ),
	
Indicates the value is generated on insert and on update.
/**
	 * Indicates the value is generated on insert and on update.
	 */
	ALWAYS( GenerationTiming.ALWAYS );

	private final GenerationTiming equivalent;

	private GenerationTime(GenerationTiming equivalent) {
		this.equivalent = equivalent;
	}

	public GenerationTiming getEquivalent() {
		return equivalent;
	}
}