/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Sun Microsystems. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
* which accompanies this distribution.
* The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
* and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
*
* Contributors:
* Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 - Version 2.0 (October 1, 2009)
* Specification available from http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
*/
// $Id: Entity.java 20957 2011-06-13 09:58:51Z stliu $
package javax.persistence;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* Specifies that the class is an entity. This annotation is applied to the
* entity class.
*
* @since Java Persistence 1.0
*/
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Entity {
/**
* (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.
*/
String name() default "";
}