javax.persistence
Annotation Type Transient

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

This annotation specifies that the property or field is not persistent. It is used to annotate a property or field of an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class.

    Example:
    @Entity
    public class Employee {
        @Id int id;
        @Transient User currentUser;
        ...
    }
 

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0