Annotation Interface DiscriminatorValue

              @Retention(RUNTIME)
                @Target(TYPE) public @interface DiscriminatorValue
            

Specifies the value of the discriminator column for the annotated entity type.

The DiscriminatorValue annotation can only be specified on a concrete entity class. Specifies the value of the discriminator column for entities of the given type.

The DiscriminatorValue annotation can only be specified on a concrete entity class.

If the DiscriminatorValue annotation is not specified and a discriminator column is used, a provider-specific function will be used to generate a value representing the entity type. So the discriminator value default is the Class.getSimpleName().

Example usage of the DiscriminatorValue annotation:

@Entity
@DiscriminatorValue("Mammal")
public class Animal {
    // Animal-specific fields and methods
}

@Entity
@DiscriminatorValue("Dog")
public class Dog extends Animal {
    // Dog-specific fields and methods
}

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

• Inheritance
• DiscriminatorColumn
• DiscriminatorValue

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
String	value	(Optional) The value that indicates that the row is an entity of the annotated entity type.

Element Details

value

                          String value
                        

(Optional) The value that indicates that the row is an entity of the annotated entity type.

Returns:

the discriminator Value