1 package org.apache.torque.adapter;
2
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56
57 /***
58 * Interface for various ID retrieval method types
59 * (i.e. auto-increment, sequence, ID broker, etc.).
60 *
61 * @author <a href="mailto:dlr@collab.net">Daniel Rall</a>
62 * @version $Id: IDMethod.java,v 1.3 2001/12/26 22:24:43 jmcnally Exp $
63 */
64 public interface IDMethod
65 {
66 /***
67 * Key generation via database-specific ID method
68 * (i.e. auto-increment for MySQL, sequence for Oracle, etc.).
69 */
70 String NATIVE = "native";
71
72 /***
73 * Key generation via auto-increment.
74 */
75 String AUTO_INCREMENT = "autoincrement";
76
77 /***
78 * Key generation via sequences.
79 */
80 String SEQUENCE = "sequence";
81
82 /***
83 * Key generation via the IDBroker table.
84 */
85 String ID_BROKER = "idbroker";
86
87 /***
88 * No RDBMS key generation (keys may be generated by the
89 * application).
90 */
91 String NO_ID_METHOD = "none";
92 }