Jakarta Persistence (JPA) Annotation Type

jakarta.persistence.EntityListeners

Implemented Interfaces:
Annotation
Target:
Type
Specifies the callback listener classes to be used for an entity or mapped superclass. This annotation may be applied to an entity class or mapped superclass.

The specified entity listener classes may have callback methods annotated PrePersist, PreUpdate, PreRemove, PostPersist, PostUpdate, and/or PostRemove.

Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0
The JPA Lifecycle Events article explains how to use EntityListeners.

Annotation Elements

Class<?>[] value
The callback listener classes
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0

Additional JDK methods inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation

annotationType(), equals(Object), hashCode(), toString()