| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 - 2013 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution. |
| * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1 |
| * Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 |
| * |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package javax.persistence; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.Target; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Retention; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD; |
| import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; |
| |
| /** |
| * Specifies a persistent field or property of an entity whose |
| * value is an instance of an embeddable class. The embeddable |
| * class must be annotated as {@link Embeddable}. |
| * |
| * <p> The <code>AttributeOverride</code>, <code>AttributeOverrides</code>, |
| * <code>AssociationOverride</code>, and <code>AssociationOverrides</code> |
| * annotations may be used to override mappings declared or defaulted |
| * by the embeddable class. |
| * |
| * <pre> |
| * Example: |
| * |
| * @Embedded |
| * @AttributeOverrides({ |
| * @AttributeOverride(name="startDate", column=@Column("EMP_START")), |
| * @AttributeOverride(name="endDate", column=@Column("EMP_END")) |
| * }) |
| * public EmploymentPeriod getEmploymentPeriod() { ... } |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @see Embeddable |
| * @see AttributeOverride |
| * @see AttributeOverrides |
| * @see AssociationOverride |
| * @see AssociationOverrides |
| * |
| * @since Java Persistence 1.0 |
| */ |
| @Target({METHOD, FIELD}) |
| @Retention(RUNTIME) |
| |
| public @interface Embedded { |
| } |