JPA Annotation

Enumerated

Target: METHOD, FIELD
Implemented Interfaces:
Annotation

Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted as a enumerated type. The Enumerated annotation may be used in conjunction with the Basic annotation, or in conjunction with the ElementCollection annotation when the element collection value is of basic type. If the enumerated type is not specified or the Enumerated annotation is not used, the EnumType value is assumed to be ORDINAL.
Example:
   public enum EmployeeStatus {FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, CONTRACT}

   public enum SalaryRate {JUNIOR, SENIOR, MANAGER, EXECUTIVE}

   @Entity public class Employee {
       public EmployeeStatus getStatus() {...}
       ...
       @Enumerated(STRING)
       public SalaryRate getPayScale() {...}
       ...
   }
See Also:
Basic
ElementCollection
Since:
JPA 1.0
The JPA Persistable Types article explains how to use Enumerated.

Public Annotation Attributes

EnumType value default ORDINAL
(Optional) The type used in mapping an enum type.
Since:
JPA 1.0