OWLAnnotationProperty.java

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package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * Marks an attribute mapped to an OWL annotation property.
 * <p>
 * This means that the attribute can contain a literal or a reference to another object.
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface OWLAnnotationProperty {
    /**
     * IRI of the annotation property
     *
     * @return IRI of the annotation property
     */
    String iri();

    /**
     * (Optional) Whether the association should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched.
     *
     * @return Fetch type of this property
     */
    FetchType fetch() default FetchType.EAGER;

    /**
     * (Optional) Marks an attribute whose value is a lexical form of a literal value.
     * <p>
     * This parameter should be used on {@code String} attributes, as literal lexical form is always a string. Lexical
     * form of a literal of any datatype can be loaded. However, saving the lexical form is forbidden to prevent
     * unintentional change of the data type.
     * <p>
     * Note that if the value being loaded is an identifier, it will still be loaded, because it is not a literal and
     * {@code String} is a valid identifier mapping type.
     */
    boolean lexicalForm() default false;

    /**
     * (Optional) Whether the value should be stored as a <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/">simple
     * literal</a>, i.e. {@code xsd:string}.
     * <p>
     * Note that if the value being loaded is an identifier, it will still be loaded, because it is not a literal and
     * {@code String} is a valid identifier mapping type. However, updates will replace the original with a {@code
     * xsd:string} value.
     *
     * @return Whether the mapped value is a simple literal
     */
    boolean simpleLiteral() default false;
}