HHH-6400 - Create @Polymorphism annotation

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Entity.java

@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ public @interface Entity {
 	 * @deprecated use {@link org.hibernate.annotations.Immutable} 
 	 */
 	boolean mutable() default true;
-	/** Needed column only in SQL on insert */
+	/**
+	 * Needed column only in SQL on insert
+	 */
 	boolean dynamicInsert() default false;
 	/** Needed column only in SQL on update */
 	boolean dynamicUpdate() default false;
 	/** Do a select to retrieve the entity before any potential update */
 	boolean selectBeforeUpdate() default false;
-	/** polymorphism strategy for this entity */
+	/**
+	 * polymorphism strategy for this entity
+	 * @deprecated use {@link Polymorphism} instead
+	 */
 	PolymorphismType polymorphism() default PolymorphismType.IMPLICIT;
 	/** optimistic locking strategy */
 	OptimisticLockType optimisticLock() default OptimisticLockType.VERSION;

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Polymorphism.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * Used to define the type of polymorphism Hibernate will apply to entity hierarchies.
+ *
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@java.lang.annotation.Target( TYPE )
+@Retention( RUNTIME )
+public @interface Polymorphism {
+	PolymorphismType type() default PolymorphismType.IMPLICIT;
+}