Jakarta Persistence (JPA) Method

FetchType fetch

(Optional) Whether the association should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched.
  • The EAGER strategy is a requirement on the persistence provider runtime that the associated entity must be eagerly fetched.
  • The LAZY strategy is a hint to the persistence provider runtime.

If not specified, defaults to EAGER.

Default:
FetchType.EAGER
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0