| Specifies that a persistent property or field should be
persisted as a enumerated type. It may be used in conjunction
with the
Basic annotation.
Example:
public enum EmployeeStatus {FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, CONTRACT}
public enum SalaryRate {JUNIOR, SENIOR, MANAGER, EXECUTIVE}
@Entity public class Employee {
public EmployeeStatus getStatus() {...}
@Enumerated(STRING)
public SalaryRate getPayScale() {...}
...
}
since:
Java Persistence 1.0 |