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javax.persistence.TemporalType - JPA enum

javax.persistence
Enum TemporalType

java.lang.Object
    java.lang.Enum<javax.persistence.TemporalType>
        javax.persistence.TemporalType
Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<TemporalType>
Type used to indicate a specific mapping of java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar.
Since:
JPA 1.0
Learn how to define and use date and time fields in Chapter 2 of the ObjectDB/JPA manual.
TemporalType DATE
Map as java.sql.Date
Map as java.sql.Date
Since:
JPA 1.0
TemporalType TIME
Map as java.sql.Time
Map as java.sql.Time
Since:
JPA 1.0
TemporalType TIMESTAMP
Map as java.sql.Timestamp
Map as java.sql.Timestamp
Since:
JPA 1.0
TemporalType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type.

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null

TemporalType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type.

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type.

This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (TemporalType c : TemporalType.values())
    System.out.println(c)
Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

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.
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.