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:

1.0

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	name (Optional) The entity name.

Element Detail

name

public abstract 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 Jakarta Persistence query language.

Default:

""