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| public @interface <span class="memberNameLabel">Array</span></pre> |
| <div class="block">Array types are extended object-relational data-types supported by some databases. |
| Array types are user define types in the database such as VARRAY types on Oracle. |
| Arrays can contains basic types (VARCHAR) or other Struct types, and can be stored in |
| a column or in a Struct type. |
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| This annotation can be defined on a collection attribute that is |
| persisted to an Array type. The collection can be of basic types, or embeddable |
| class mapped using a Struct.</div> |
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| <dd><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/structures/ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.structures"><code>ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor</code></a>, |
| <a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/structures/ArrayMapping.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.structures"><code>ArrayMapping</code></a>, |
| <a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/structures/ObjectArrayMapping.html" title="class in org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.structures"><code>ObjectArrayMapping</code></a></dd> |
| <dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt> |
| <dd>James Sutherland</dd> |
| <dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt> |
| <dd>EclipseLink 2.3</dd> |
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| <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/annotations/Array.html#databaseType--">databaseType</a></span></code> |
| <div class="block">(Required) The database name of the database array structure type.</div> |
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| <div class="block">(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element |
| type of the collection.</div> |
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| <div class="block">(Required) The database name of the database array structure type.</div> |
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| <div class="block">(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element |
| type of the collection. This element is optional only if the |
| collection field or property is defined using Java generics, |
| and must be specified otherwise. It defaults to the |
| paramterized type of the collection when defined using |
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