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package google.registry.model;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;

/**
 * Base class for entities that are the root of a Registry 2.0 entity group that gets enrolled in
 * commit logs for backup purposes.
 *
 * <p>The commit log system needs to preserve the ordering of closely timed mutations to entities
 * in a single entity group. We require an {@link UpdateAutoTimestamp} field on the root of a group
 * so that we can enforce strictly increasing timestamps.
 */
public abstract class BackupGroupRoot extends ImmutableObject {
  /**
   * An automatically managed timestamp of when this object was last written to Datastore.
   *
   * <p>Note that this is distinct from the EPP-specified {@link EppResource#lastEppUpdateTime}, in
   * that this is updated on every save, rather than only in response to an {@code <update>} command
   */
  @XmlTransient
  UpdateAutoTimestamp updateTimestamp = UpdateAutoTimestamp.create(null);

  /** Get the {@link UpdateAutoTimestamp} for this entity. */
  public final UpdateAutoTimestamp getUpdateAutoTimestamp() {
    return updateTimestamp;
  }
}