@Properties

Use @Property to specify a single user-defined property on a mapped attribute or its get/set method. Use the @Properties annotation to wrap multiple properties.

Although not used by EclipseLink, you can specify mapping properties if an application or extension needs to extend EclipseLink metadata.

Annotation Elements

Table 2-54 describes this annotation's elements.

Usage

You can specify @Property on a mapped attribute (or its get/set method) within an Entity, MappedSuperclass, or Embeddable class. You can also specify this annotation on an Entity, MappedSuperclass, or Embeddable class.

Properties defined in MappedSuperclass are passed to all inheriting Entities and MappedSuperclasses. In case of a conflict, property values defined directly on a class always override values inherited from a class's parent.

When using an orm.xml mapping file, EclipseLink ignores @Property and @Properties specified in annotations on mapped attributes; annotations on classes are merged with those specified i the orm.xml file, with the latter taking precedence in case of conflicts.

Examples

Example 2-114 shows how to use the @Properties annotation within a @Transformation mapping. Example 2-115 shows how to use the <properties> XML element within the orm.xml file.

See Also

For more information, see:

• "@Property"