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javax.persistence

public @Interface ElementCollection

extends Annotation
Annotations
@Target:METHOD, FIELD
@Retention:RUNTIME
Imports
java.lang.annotation.Target, .Retention
Specifies a collection of instances of a basic type or embeddable class. Must be specified if the collection is to be mapped by means of a collection table. 
   Example:

   @Entity public class Person {
      @Id protected String ssn;
      protected String name;
      ...
      @ElementCollection  
      protected Set<String> nickNames = new HashSet();
        ...
   }
Since
Java Persistence 2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public FetchType
fetch()

(Optional) Whether the collection should be lazily loaded or must be eagerly fetched.

public Class<T>
targetClass()

(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element type of the collection.

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:
annotationTypeequalshashCodetoString

Method Detail

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public FetchType fetch()

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

targetClassback to summary
public Class<T> targetClass()

(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element type of the collection. This element is optional only if the collection field or property is defined using Java generics, and must be specified otherwise. It defaults to the paramterized type of the collection when defined using generics.