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package org.apache.deltaspike.data.api;

/**
 * Defines the way a single result query is fetched.
 */
public enum SingleResultType
{

    /**
     * Expects a single result, throws a {@link javax.persistence.NoResultException} or
     * {@link javax.persistence.NonUniqueResultException} otherwise. This is the JPA
     * default behavior.
     */
    JPA,

    /**
     * Expects a single result. Other than {@link SingleResultType#JPA} it returns {@code null}
     * if no result is found.
     */
    OPTIONAL,

    /**
     * Returns any result, or {@code null} if nothing is found. If more than one result is found,
     * it returns the first one from the result list.
     */
    ANY

}
