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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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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;

Where clause to add to the element Entity or target entity of a collection.  The clause is written in SQL.
A common use case here is for soft-deletes.
Author:
Emmanuel Bernard/**
 * Where clause to add to the element Entity or target entity of a collection.  The clause is written in SQL.
 * A common use case here is for soft-deletes.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Where {
	
The where-clause predicate.
/**
	 * The where-clause predicate.
	 */
	String clause();
}