Subversion Repositories WebE

//$Id: Entity.java 11282 2007-03-14 22:05:59Z epbernard $

//EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

package javax.persistence;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**

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

 *

 * @author Emmanuel Bernard

 */

@Target(TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface Entity {

        /**

         * The name of an entity. 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.

         */

        String name() default "";

}