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javax.persistence

public @Interface Table

extends Annotation
Annotations
@Target:TYPE
@Retention:RUNTIME
Imports
java.lang.annotation.Target, .Retention
Specifies the primary table for the annotated entity. Additional tables may be specified using SecondaryTable or SecondaryTables annotation.

If no Table annotation is specified for an entity class, the default values apply. 

   Example:

   @Entity
   @Table(name="CUST", schema="RECORDS")
   public class Customer { ... }
Since
Java Persistence 1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public String
catalog()

(Optional) The catalog of the table.

public Index[]
indexes()

(Optional) Indexes for the table.

public String
name()

(Optional) The name of the table.

public String
schema()

(Optional) The schema of the table.

public UniqueConstraint[]
uniqueConstraints()

(Optional) Unique constraints that are to be placed on the table.

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:
annotationTypeequalshashCodetoString

Method Detail

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public String catalog()

(Optional) The catalog of the table.

Defaults to the default catalog.

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public Index[] indexes()

(Optional) Indexes for the table. These are only used if table generation is in effect. Note that it is not necessary to specify an index for a primary key, as the primary key index will be created automatically.

Since
Java Persistence 2.1
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public String name()

(Optional) The name of the table.

Defaults to the entity name.

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public String schema()

(Optional) The schema of the table.

Defaults to the default schema for user.

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public UniqueConstraint[] uniqueConstraints()

(Optional) Unique constraints that are to be placed on the table. These are only used if table generation is in effect. These constraints apply in addition to any constraints specified by the Column and JoinColumn annotations and constraints entailed by primary key mappings.

Defaults to no additional constraints.