package org.apache.torque.adapter;/* * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. * * 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 * *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * 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. *//** * Interface for various ID retrieval method types * (i.e. auto-increment, sequence, ID broker, etc.). * * @author <a href="mailto:dlr@collab.net">Daniel Rall</a> * @version $Id: IDMethod.java,v 1.5 2005/01/31 19:43:55 tfischer Exp $ */public interface IDMethod{    /**     * Key generation via database-specific ID method     * (i.e. auto-increment for MySQL, sequence for Oracle, etc.).     */    String NATIVE = "native";    /**     * Key generation via auto-increment.     */    String AUTO_INCREMENT = "autoincrement";    /**     * Key generation via sequences.     */    String SEQUENCE = "sequence";    /**     * Key generation via the IDBroker table.     */    String ID_BROKER = "idbroker";    /**     * No RDBMS key generation (keys may be generated by the     * application).     */    String NO_ID_METHOD = "none";}