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 | <pre>@Target(value=TYPE) | 
 |  @Retention(value=RUNTIME) | 
 | public @interface <span class="memberNameLabel">DiscriminatorColumn</span></pre> | 
 | <div class="block">Specifies the discriminator column for the  | 
 |  <code>SINGLE_TABLE</code> and  | 
 |  <code>JOINED</code> <a href="../../javax/persistence/Inheritance.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><code>Inheritance</code></a> mapping strategies. | 
 |   | 
 |  <p> The strategy and the discriminator column are only  | 
 |  specified in the root of an entity class hierarchy or | 
 |  subhierarchy in which a different inheritance strategy is applied | 
 |   | 
 |  <p> If the <code>DiscriminatorColumn</code> annotation is missing,  | 
 |  and a discriminator column is required, the name of the  | 
 |  discriminator column defaults to <code>"DTYPE"</code> and the discriminator  | 
 |  type to <a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorType.html#STRING"><code>DiscriminatorType.STRING</code></a>. | 
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 |  <pre> | 
 |      Example: | 
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 |      @Entity | 
 |      @Table(name="CUST") | 
 |      @Inheritance(strategy=SINGLE_TABLE) | 
 |      @DiscriminatorColumn(name="DISC", discriminatorType=STRING, length=20) | 
 |      public class Customer { ... } | 
 |  | 
 |      @Entity | 
 |      public class ValuedCustomer extends Customer { ... } | 
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 | <dd><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorValue.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><code>DiscriminatorValue</code></a></dd> | 
 | <dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt> | 
 | <dd>1.0</dd> | 
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 | <td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td> | 
 | <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorColumn.html#columnDefinition--">columnDefinition</a></span></code> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The SQL fragment that is used when generating the DDL  | 
 |  for the discriminator column.</div> | 
 | </td> | 
 | </tr> | 
 | <tr class="rowColor"> | 
 | <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">DiscriminatorType</a></code></td> | 
 | <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorColumn.html#discriminatorType--">discriminatorType</a></span></code> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The type of object/column to use as a class discriminator.</div> | 
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 | <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td> | 
 | <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorColumn.html#length--">length</a></span></code> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The column length for String-based discriminator types.</div> | 
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 | <td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td> | 
 | <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorColumn.html#name--">name</a></span></code> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The name of column to be used for the discriminator.</div> | 
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 | <h4>name</h4> | 
 | <pre>public abstract java.lang.String name</pre> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The name of column to be used for the discriminator.</div> | 
 | <dl> | 
 | <dt>Default:</dt> | 
 | <dd>"DTYPE"</dd> | 
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 | <h4>discriminatorType</h4> | 
 | <pre>public abstract <a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">DiscriminatorType</a> discriminatorType</pre> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The type of object/column to use as a class discriminator. | 
 |  Defaults to <a href="../../javax/persistence/DiscriminatorType.html#STRING"><code>DiscriminatorType.STRING</code></a>.</div> | 
 | <dl> | 
 | <dt>Default:</dt> | 
 | <dd>javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType.STRING</dd> | 
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 | <pre>public abstract java.lang.String columnDefinition</pre> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The SQL fragment that is used when generating the DDL  | 
 |  for the discriminator column. | 
 |  <p> Defaults to the provider-generated SQL to create a column  | 
 |  of the specified discriminator type.</div> | 
 | <dl> | 
 | <dt>Default:</dt> | 
 | <dd>""</dd> | 
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 | <pre>public abstract int length</pre> | 
 | <div class="block">(Optional) The column length for String-based discriminator types.  | 
 |  Ignored for other discriminator types.</div> | 
 | <dl> | 
 | <dt>Default:</dt> | 
 | <dd>31</dd> | 
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