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javax.persistence.Entity - JPA annotation
javax.persistence
Annotation Entity
- Target:
- Classes
Specifies that the class is an entity. This annotation is applied to the
entity class.
- Since:
- JPA 1.0
Learn how to define and use entity classes in Chapter 2 of the ObjectDB/JPA manual.
String name
(Optional) The entity name. Defaults to the unqualified
name of the entity class. This name is used to refer to the
entity in queries. The name must not be a reserved literal
in the Java Persistence query language.
- Default value:
- ""
- Since:
- JPA 1.0
This documentation page is derived (with some adjustments) from the open source JPA 2 RI (EclipseLink)
and is available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License, v. 1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License, v. 1.0.
and is available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License, v. 1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License, v. 1.0.
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) JPA 2 providers include Hibernate, EclipseLink, TopLink, OpenJPA and DataNucleus.
Object DB is not an ORM JPA implementation but an Object Database for Java with built in JPA 2 support.
Which JPA is Faster?
See a comparison of Hibernate, EclipseLink, OpenJPA, DataNucleus, MySQL, Postgres, Derby, HSQLDB, H2 Database, SQLite and ObjectDB
in the JPA Benchmark.
