Package javax.persistence

Enum Class CascadeType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<CascadeType>

javax.persistence.CascadeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<CascadeType>, Constable

public enum CascadeType
extends 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, DETACH}.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
ALL	Cascade all operations
DETACH	Cascade detach operation
MERGE	Cascade merge operation
PERSIST	Cascade persist operation
REFRESH	Cascade refresh operation
REMOVE	Cascade remove operation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CascadeType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static CascadeType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

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

DETACH

public static final CascadeType DETACH

Cascade detach operation

Since:

Java Persistence 2.0

Method Details

values

public static CascadeType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static CascadeType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null