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package org.hibernate.tuple;

import org.hibernate.annotations.Generated;

A AnnotationValueGeneration which marks a property as generated in the database. 
Author:
Steve Ebersole, Gunnar Morling/**
 * A {@link AnnotationValueGeneration} which marks a property as generated in the database.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 * @author Gunnar Morling
 */
public class GeneratedValueGeneration implements AnnotationValueGeneration<Generated> {

	private GenerationTiming timing;

	public GeneratedValueGeneration() {
	}

	public GeneratedValueGeneration(GenerationTiming timing) {
		this.timing = timing;
	}

	@Override
	public void initialize(Generated annotation, Class<?> propertyType) {
		this.timing = annotation.value().getEquivalent();
	}

	@Override
	public GenerationTiming getGenerationTiming() {
		return timing;
	}

	@Override
	public ValueGenerator<?> getValueGenerator() {
		// database generated values do not have a value generator
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean referenceColumnInSql() {
		// historically these columns are not referenced in the SQL
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public String getDatabaseGeneratedReferencedColumnValue() {
		return null;
	}
}