/*
 *  Copyright (c) 2022-2025, Mybatis-Flex (fuhai999@gmail.com).
 *  <p>
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *  <p>
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  <p>
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */

package com.mybatisflex.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * VO（View Object）类。
 *
 * @author 王帅
 * @since 2024-04-02
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface TableRef {

    /**
     * 对应的 <b>实体类</b> 引用。
     *
     * @return 实体类引用
     */
    Class<?> value();

    /**
     * 是否复制引用类 {@code @Table} 注解上的内容，默认为：{@code true}。
     *
     * @return 是否复制属性
     */
    boolean copyTableProps() default true;

}