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  • Rob Bygrave 
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package javax.persistence;


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, DETACH}.

Since:Java Persistence 1.0
/**
 * Defines the set of cascadable operations that are propagated
 * to the associated entity.
 * The value <code>cascade=ALL</code> is equivalent to
 * <code>cascade={PERSIST, MERGE, REMOVE, REFRESH, DETACH}</code>.
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
public enum CascadeType {

  
Cascade all operations

/**
   * Cascade all operations
   */
  ALL,

  
Cascade persist operation

/**
   * Cascade persist operation
   */
  PERSIST,

  
Cascade merge operation

/**
   * Cascade merge operation
   */
  MERGE,

  
Cascade remove operation

/**
   * Cascade remove operation
   */
  REMOVE,

  
Cascade refresh operation

/**
   * Cascade refresh operation
   */
  REFRESH,

  
Cascade detach operation

Since:Java Persistence 2.0
/**
   * Cascade detach operation
   *
   * @since Java Persistence 2.0
   */
  DETACH
}