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// Contributors:
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.1
// Linda DeMichiel - 2.0
package jakarta.persistence;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* Specifies the table that is used for the mapping of collections of
* basic or embeddable types. Applied to the collection-valued field
* or property.
*
* By default, the columns of the collection table that correspond
* to the embeddable class or basic type are derived from the
* attributes of the embeddable class or from the basic type according
* to the default values of the {@link Column} annotation. In the case
* of a basic type, the column name is derived from the name of the
* collection-valued field or property. In the case of an embeddable
* class, the column names are derived from the field or property
* names of the embeddable class.
*
* - To override the default properties of the column used for a
* basic type, the {@link Column} annotation is used on the
* collection-valued attribute in addition to the
* {@link ElementCollection} annotation.
*
*
- To override these defaults for an embeddable class, the
* {@link AttributeOverride} and/or {@link AttributeOverrides}
* annotations can be used in addition to the {@link ElementCollection}
* annotation. If the embeddable class contains references to other
* entities, the default values for the columns corresponding to those
* references may be overridden by means of the {@link AssociationOverride}
* and/or {@link AssociationOverrides} annotations.
*
*
* If the {@code CollectionTable} annotation is missing, the default
* values of the {@code CollectionTable} annotation elements apply.
*
*
Example:
* {@snippet :
* @Embeddable
* public class Address {
* protected String street;
* protected String city;
* protected String state;
* ...
* }
*
* @Entity
* public class Person {
* @Id
* protected String ssn;
* protected String name;
* protected Address home;
* ...
* @ElementCollection // use default table (PERSON_NICKNAMES)
* @Column(name = "name", length = 50)
* protected Set nickNames = new HashSet<>();
* ...
* }
*
* @Entity
* public class WealthyPerson extends Person {
* @ElementCollection
* @CollectionTable(name = "HOMES") // use default join column name
* @AttributeOverrides({
* @AttributeOverride(name = "street",
* column = @Column(name = "HOME_STREET")),
* @AttributeOverride(name = "city",
* column = @Column(name = "HOME_CITY")),
* @AttributeOverride(name="state",
* column = @Column(name = "HOME_STATE"))})
* protected Set vacationHomes = new HashSet<>();
* ...
* }
* }
*
* @see ElementCollection
* @see AttributeOverride
* @see AssociationOverride
* @see Column
*
* @since 2.0
*/
@Target( { METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface CollectionTable {
/**
* (Optional) The name of the collection table. If not specified,
* it defaults to the concatenation of the name of the containing
* entity and the name of the collection attribute, separated by
* an underscore.
*/
String name() default "";
/**
* (Optional) The catalog of the table. If not specified, the
* default catalog is used.
*/
String catalog() default "";
/**
* (Optional) The schema of the table. If not specified, the
* default schema for the user is used.
*/
String schema() default "";
/**
* (Optional) The foreign key columns of the collection table
* which reference the primary table of the entity. The default
* only applies if a single join column is used. The default is
* the same as for {@link JoinColumn} (i.e., the concatenation of
* the following: the name of the entity; "{@code _}"; the name of
* the referenced primary key column.) However, if there is more
* than one join column, a {@link JoinColumn} annotation must be
* specified for each join column using the {@link JoinColumns}
* annotation. In this case, both the {@link JoinColumn#name name}
* and {@link JoinColumn#referencedColumnName referencedColumnName}
* elements must be specified by each such {@link JoinColumn}
* annotation.
*/
JoinColumn[] joinColumns() default {};
/**
* (Optional) Used to specify or control the generation of a
* foreign key constraint for the columns corresponding to the
* {@link #joinColumns} element when table generation is in
* effect. If both this element and the {@code foreignKey}
* element of any of the {@code joinColumns} elements are
* specified, the behavior is undefined. If no foreign key
* annotation element is specified in either location, a
* default foreign key strategy is selected by the
* persistence provider.
*
* @since 2.1
*/
ForeignKey foreignKey() default @ForeignKey(ConstraintMode.PROVIDER_DEFAULT);
/**
* (Optional) Unique constraints that are to be placed on the
* table. These are only used if table generation is in effect.
*/
UniqueConstraint[] uniqueConstraints() default {};
/**
* (Optional) Indexes for the table. These are only used if
* table generation is in effect.
*
* @since 2.1
*/
Index[] indexes() default {};
/**
* (Optional) A SQL fragment appended to the generated DDL
* statement which creates this table. This is only used if
* table generation is in effect.
*
* @since 3.2
*/
String options() default "";
}