javax.persistence.Embeddable Maven / Gradle / Ivy
// $Id: Embeddable.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* Defines a class whose instances are stored as an intrinsic
* part of an owning entity and share the identity of the entity.
* Each of the persistent properties or fields of the embedded
* object is mapped to the database table for the entity.
*
* Note that the {@link Transient} annotation may be used to
* designate the non-persistent state of an embeddable class.
*
*
*
* Example 1:
*
* @Embeddable public class EmploymentPeriod {
* @Temporal(DATE) java.util.Date startDate;
* @Temporal(DATE) java.util.Date endDate;
* ...
* }
*
* Example 2:
*
* @Embeddable public class PhoneNumber {
* protected String areaCode;
* protected String localNumber;
* @ManyToOne PhoneServiceProvider provider;
* ...
* }
*
* @Entity public class PhoneServiceProvider {
* @Id protected String name;
* ...
* }
*
* Example 3:
*
* @Embeddable public class Address {
* protected String street;
* protected String city;
* protected String state;
* @Embedded protected Zipcode zipcode;
* }
*
* @Embeddable public class Zipcode {
* protected String zip;
* protected String plusFour;
* }
*
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
@Documented
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Embeddable {
}