javax.persistence
Enum CascadeType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<CascadeType>
      javax.persistence.CascadeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<CascadeType>

public enum CascadeType
extends java.lang.Enum<CascadeType>

Defines the set of cascadable operations that are propagated to the associated entity. The value cascade=ALL is equivalent to cascade={PERSIST, MERGE, REMOVE, REFRESH}.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Enum Constant Summary

ALL
Cascade all operations

MERGE
Cascade merge operation

PERSIST
Cascade persist operation

REFRESH
Cascade refresh operation

REMOVE
Cascade remove operation

Method Summary

static CascadeType	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static CascadeType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

ALL

public static final CascadeType ALL

Cascade all operations

PERSIST

public static final CascadeType PERSIST

Cascade persist operation

MERGE

public static final CascadeType MERGE

Cascade merge operation

REMOVE

public static final CascadeType REMOVE

Cascade remove operation

REFRESH

public static final CascadeType REFRESH

Cascade refresh operation

Method Detail

values

public static CascadeType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (CascadeType c : CascadeType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static CascadeType valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null