## org.hibernate.annotations
Enum SourceType

    java.lang.Object
      java.lang.Enum<SourceType>
          org.hibernate.annotations.SourceType

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, Comparable<SourceType>

    public enum SourceType

extends Enum<SourceType>

Where should Hibernate retrieve the value from? From the database, or from the current JVM?

Enum Constant Summary
`DB` Get the timestamp from the database.
`VM` Get the timestamp from the current VM.

Method Summary
`String` `typeName()`
`static SourceType` `valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static SourceType[]` `values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
`clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Enum Constant Detail

### VM

    public static final SourceType VM

  Get the timestamp from the current VM.

### DB

    public static final SourceType DB

  Get the timestamp from the database.

Method Detail

### values

    public static SourceType[] values()

  Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

      for (SourceType c : SourceType.values())
          System.out.println(c);

  Returns:
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

### valueOf

    public static SourceType valueOf(String name)

  Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
  Returns:
    the enum constant with the specified name
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    `NullPointerException` - if the argument is null

### typeName

    public String typeName()

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