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javax.persistence
Annotation Type Entity

@Documented
@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Entity

Specifies that the class is an entity. This annotation is applied to the entity class.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Optional Element Summary

java.lang.String

name (Optional) The entity name.

name

public abstract java.lang.String name

(Optional) The entity name. Defaults to the unqualified name of the entity class. This name is used to refer to the entity in queries. The name must not be a reserved literal in the Java Persistence query language.

Default:

""

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