org.hibernate.annotations
Annotation Type Entity

@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Entity

Extends Entity with Hibernate features

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Optional Element Summary

boolean	dynamicInsert Needed column only in SQL on insert
boolean	dynamicUpdate Needed column only in SQL on update
boolean	mutable Deprecated. use Immutable
OptimisticLockType	optimisticLock optimistic locking strategy
String	persister persister of this entity, default is hibernate internal one
PolymorphismType	polymorphism polymorphism strategy for this entity
boolean	selectBeforeUpdate Do a select to retrieve the entity before any potential update

mutable

public abstract boolean mutable

Deprecated. use Immutable

Is this entity mutable (read only) or not

Default:

true

dynamicInsert

public abstract boolean dynamicInsert

Needed column only in SQL on insert

Default:

false

dynamicUpdate

public abstract boolean dynamicUpdate

Needed column only in SQL on update

Default:

false

selectBeforeUpdate

public abstract boolean selectBeforeUpdate

Do a select to retrieve the entity before any potential update

Default:

false

polymorphism

public abstract PolymorphismType polymorphism

polymorphism strategy for this entity

Default:

org.hibernate.annotations.PolymorphismType.IMPLICIT

persister

public abstract String persister

persister of this entity, default is hibernate internal one

Default:

""

optimisticLock

public abstract OptimisticLockType optimisticLock

optimistic locking strategy

Default:

org.hibernate.annotations.OptimisticLockType.VERSION