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using System;

namespace NHibernate{
  /// <summary>
  /// Represents a fetching strategy.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// This is used together with the <see cref="ICriteria"/> API to specify
  /// runtime fetching strategies.
  /// <para>
  /// For Hql queries, use the <c>FETCH</c> keyword instead.
  /// </para>
  /// </remarks>
  [Serializable]
  public enum FetchMode
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Default to the setting configured in the mapping file.
    /// </summary>
    Default = 0,
    /// <summary>
    /// Fetch eagerly, using a separate select. Equivalent to
    /// <c>fetch="select"</c> (and <c>outer-join="false"</c>)
    /// </summary>
    Select = 1,
    /// <summary>
    /// Fetch using an outer join.  Equivalent to
    /// <c>fetch="join"</c> (and <c>outer-join="true"</c>)
    /// </summary>
    Join = 2,

    Lazy = Select,
    Eager = Join
  }
}