javax.persistence
Annotation Type Embedded

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Embedded

Defines a persistent field or property of an entity whose value is an instance of an embeddable class. The embeddable class must be annotated as Embeddable.

   Example:

   @Embedded
   @AttributeOverrides({
       @AttributeOverride(name="startDate",
           column=@Column("EMP_START")),
       @AttributeOverride(name="endDate", column=@Column("EMP_END"))
   })
   public EmploymentPeriod getEmploymentPeriod() { ... }
 

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0