javax.persistence

Annotation Type Inheritance

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Inheritance

Defines the inheritance strategy to be used for an entity class hierarchy. It is specified on the entity class that is the root of the entity class hierarchy. If the Inheritance annotation is not specified or if no inheritance type is specified for an entity class hierarchy, the SINGLE_TABLE mapping strategy is used.

   Example:

   @Entity
   @Inheritance(strategy=JOINED)
   public class Customer { ... }

   @Entity
   public class ValuedCustomer extends Customer { ... }
 

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
InheritanceType	strategy The strategy to be used for the entity inheritance hierarchy.

Element Detail

strategy

public abstract InheritanceType strategy

The strategy to be used for the entity inheritance hierarchy.

Default:

javax.persistence.InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE