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package jdk.incubator.sql2;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Identifies a type that represents an ARRAY SQL type.
 * Any type to which this annotation is applied must either extend or implement
 * java.util.List. Additionally the type must have at least one of the following:
 * <ul>
 * <li>a public zero-arg constructor</li>
 * <li>a public constructor Constructor(int initialCapacity)</li>
 * <li>a public constructor Constructor(&lt;? super List&lt;?&gt;&gt;)</li>
 * <li>a public static factory method of(&lt;? super List&lt;?&gt;&gt;)</li>
 * </ul>
 * If more than one of the above is supported it is implementation dependent which
 * is used.
 * 
 * 
 */
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface SqlArray {
  public String elementSqlTypeName();
}