Package javax.persistence

package javax.persistence

Java Persistence is the API for the management for persistence and object/relational mapping.

Related Packages

Package	Description
javax.persistence.criteria	Java Persistence Criteria API
javax.persistence.metamodel	Java Persistence Metamodel API
javax.persistence.spi	SPI for Java Persistence providers

Class	Description
Access	Used to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute of such a class.
AccessType	Used with the Access annotation to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute of such a class.
AssociationOverride	Used to override a mapping for an entity relationship.
AssociationOverrides	Used to override mappings of multiple relationship properties or fields.
AttributeConverter<X,Y>	A class that implements this interface can be used to convert entity attribute state into database column representation and back again.
AttributeNode<T>	Represents an attribute node of an entity graph.
AttributeOverride	Used to override the mapping of a Basic (whether explicit or default) property or field or Id property or field.
AttributeOverrides	Used to override mappings of multiple properties or fields.
Basic	The simplest type of mapping to a database column.
Cache	Interface used to interact with the second-level cache.
Cacheable	Specifies whether an entity should be cached if caching is enabled when the value of the persistence.xml caching element is ENABLE_SELECTIVE or DISABLE_SELECTIVE.
CacheRetrieveMode	Used as the value of the javax.persistence.cache.retrieveMode property to specify the behavior when data is retrieved by the find methods and by queries.
CacheStoreMode	Used as the value of the javax.persistence.cache.storeMode property to specify the behavior when data is read from the database and when data is committed into the database.
CascadeType	Defines the set of cascadable operations that are propagated to the associated entity.
CollectionTable	Specifies the table that is used for the mapping of collections of basic or embeddable types.
Column	Specifies the mapped column for a persistent property or field.
ColumnResult	Used in conjunction with the SqlResultSetMapping annotation or ConstructorResult annotation to map a column of the SELECT list of a SQL query.
ConstraintMode	Used to control the application of a constraint.
ConstructorResult	Used in conjunction with the SqlResultSetMapping annotation to map the SELECT clause of a SQL query to a constructor.
Convert	Specifies the conversion of a Basic field or property.
Converter	Specifies that the annotated class is a converter and defines its scope.
Converts	Used to group Convert annotations.
DiscriminatorColumn	Specifies the discriminator column for the SINGLE_TABLE and JOINED Inheritance mapping strategies.
DiscriminatorType	Defines supported types of the discriminator column.
DiscriminatorValue	Specifies the value of the discriminator column for entities of the given type.
ElementCollection	Specifies a collection of instances of a basic type or embeddable class.
Embeddable	Specifies a class whose instances are stored as an intrinsic part of an owning entity and share the identity of the entity.
Embedded	Specifies a persistent field or property of an entity whose value is an instance of an embeddable class.
EmbeddedId	Applied to a persistent field or property of an entity class or mapped superclass to denote a composite primary key that is an embeddable class.
Entity	Specifies that the class is an entity.
EntityExistsException	Thrown by the persistence provider when EntityManager.persist(Object) is called and the entity already exists.
EntityGraph<T>	This type represents the root of an entity graph that will be used as a template to define the attribute nodes and boundaries of a graph of entities and entity relationships.
EntityListeners	Specifies the callback listener classes to be used for an entity or mapped superclass.
EntityManager	Interface used to interact with the persistence context.
EntityManagerFactory	Interface used to interact with the entity manager factory for the persistence unit.
EntityNotFoundException	Thrown by the persistence provider when an entity reference obtained by EntityManager.getReference is accessed but the entity does not exist.
EntityResult	Used in conjunction with the SqlResultSetMapping annotation to map the SELECT clause of a SQL query to an entity result.
EntityTransaction	Interface used to control transactions on resource-local entity managers.
Enumerated	Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted as a enumerated type.
EnumType	Defines mapping for enumerated types.
ExcludeDefaultListeners	Specifies that the invocation of default listeners is to be excluded for the entity class (or mapped superclass) and its subclasses.
ExcludeSuperclassListeners	Specifies that the invocation of superclass listeners is to be excluded for the entity class (or mapped superclass) and its subclasses.
FetchType	Defines strategies for fetching data from the database.
FieldResult	Used in conjunction with the EntityResult annotation to map columns specified in the SELECT list of a SQL query to the properties or fields of an entity class.
FlushModeType	Flush mode setting.
ForeignKey	Used to specify the handling of foreign key constraints when schema generation is in effect.
GeneratedValue	Provides for the specification of generation strategies for the values of primary keys.
GenerationType	Defines the types of primary key generation strategies.
Id	Specifies the primary key of an entity.
IdClass	Specifies a composite primary key class that is mapped to multiple fields or properties of the entity.
Index	Used in schema generation to specify creation of an index.
Inheritance	Specifies the inheritance strategy to be used for an entity class hierarchy.
InheritanceType	Defines inheritance strategy options.
JoinColumn	Specifies a column for joining an entity association or element collection.
JoinColumns	Specifies the mapping for composite foreign keys.
JoinTable	Specifies the mapping of associations.
Lob	Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted as a large object to a database-supported large object type.
LockModeType	Lock modes can be specified by means of passing a LockModeType argument to one of the EntityManager methods that take locks (lock, find, or refresh) or to the Query.setLockMode() or TypedQuery.setLockMode() method.
LockTimeoutException	Thrown by the persistence provider when an pessimistic locking conflict occurs that does not result in transaction rollback.
ManyToMany	Specifies a many-valued association with many-to-many multiplicity.
ManyToOne	Specifies a single-valued association to another entity class that has many-to-one multiplicity.
MapKey	Specifies the map key for associations of type java.util.Map when the map key is itself the primary key or a persistent field or property of the entity that is the value of the map.
MapKeyClass	Specifies the type of the map key for associations of type java.util.Map.
MapKeyColumn	Specifies the mapping for the key column of a map whose map key is a basic type.
MapKeyEnumerated	Specifies the enum type for a map key whose basic type is an enumerated type.
MapKeyJoinColumn	Specifies a mapping to an entity that is a map key.
MapKeyJoinColumns	Supports composite map keys that reference entities.
MapKeyTemporal	This annotation must be specified for persistent map keys of type Date and Calendar.
MappedSuperclass	Designates a class whose mapping information is applied to the entities that inherit from it.
MapsId	Designates a ManyToOne or OneToOne relationship attribute that provides the mapping for an EmbeddedId primary key, an attribute within an EmbeddedId primary key, or a simple primary key of the parent entity.
NamedAttributeNode	A NamedAttributeNode is a member element of a NamedEntityGraph.
NamedEntityGraph	Used to specify the path and boundaries for a find operation or query.
NamedEntityGraphs	Used to group NamedEntityGraph annotations.
NamedNativeQueries	Specifies multiple native SQL named queries.
NamedNativeQuery	Specifies a named native SQL query.
NamedQueries	Specifies multiple named Java Persistence query language queries.
NamedQuery	Specifies a static, named query in the Java Persistence query language.
NamedStoredProcedureQueries	Specifies multiple named stored procedure queries.
NamedStoredProcedureQuery	Specifies and names a stored procedure, its parameters, and its result type.
NamedSubgraph	A NamedSubgraph is a member element of a NamedEntityGraph.
NonUniqueResultException	Thrown by the persistence provider when Query.getSingleResult() or TypedQuery.getSingleResult() is executed on a query and there is more than one result from the query.
NoResultException	Thrown by the persistence provider when Query.getSingleResult() or TypedQuery.getSingleResult()is executed on a query and there is no result to return.
OneToMany	Specifies a many-valued association with one-to-many multiplicity.
OneToOne	Specifies a single-valued association to another entity that has one-to-one multiplicity.
OptimisticLockException	Thrown by the persistence provider when an optimistic locking conflict occurs.
OrderBy	Specifies the ordering of the elements of a collection valued association or element collection at the point when the association or collection is retrieved.
OrderColumn	Specifies a column that is used to maintain the persistent order of a list.
Parameter<T>	Type for query parameter objects.
ParameterMode	Specifies the mode of a parameter of a stored procedure query.
Persistence	Bootstrap class that is used to obtain an EntityManagerFactory in Java SE environments.
PersistenceContext	Expresses a dependency on a container-managed EntityManager and its associated persistence context.
PersistenceContexts	Declares one or more PersistenceContext annotations.
PersistenceContextType	Specifies whether a transaction-scoped or extended persistence context is to be used in PersistenceContext.
PersistenceException	Thrown by the persistence provider when a problem occurs.
PersistenceProperty	Describes a single container or persistence provider property.
PersistenceUnit	Expresses a dependency on an EntityManagerFactory and its associated persistence unit.
PersistenceUnits	Declares one or more PersistenceUnit annotations.
PersistenceUnitUtil	Utility interface between the application and the persistence provider managing the persistence unit.
PersistenceUtil	Utility interface between the application and the persistence provider(s).
PessimisticLockException	Thrown by the persistence provider when an pessimistic locking conflict occurs.
PessimisticLockScope	Defines the values of the javax.persistence.lock.scope property for pessimistic locking.
PostLoad	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PostPersist	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PostRemove	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PostUpdate	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PrePersist	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PreRemove	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PreUpdate	Specifies a callback method for the corresponding lifecycle event.
PrimaryKeyJoinColumn	Specifies a primary key column that is used as a foreign key to join to another table.
PrimaryKeyJoinColumns	Groups PrimaryKeyJoinColumn annotations.
Query	Interface used to control query execution.
QueryHint	Used to supply a query property or hint to the NamedQuery or NamedNativeQuery annotation.
QueryTimeoutException	Thrown by the persistence provider when a query times out and only the statement is rolled back.
RollbackException	Thrown by the persistence provider when EntityTransaction.commit() fails.
SecondaryTable	Specifies a secondary table for the annotated entity class.
SecondaryTables	Specifies multiple secondary tables for an entity.
SequenceGenerator	Defines a primary key generator that may be referenced by name when a generator element is specified for the GeneratedValue annotation.
SharedCacheMode	Specifies how the provider must use a second-level cache for the persistence unit.
SqlResultSetMapping	Specifies the mapping of the result of a native SQL query or stored procedure.
SqlResultSetMappings	Is used to define one or more SqlResultSetMapping annotations.
StoredProcedureParameter	Specifies a parameter of a named stored procedure query.
StoredProcedureQuery	Interface used to control stored procedure query execution.
Subgraph<T>	This type represents a subgraph for an attribute node that corresponds to a Managed Type.
SynchronizationType	Specifies whether the persistence context is always automatically synchronized with the current transaction or whether the persistence context must be explicitly joined to the current transaction by means of the EntityManager.joinTransaction() method.
Table	Specifies the primary table for the annotated entity.
TableGenerator	Defines a primary key generator that may be referenced by name when a generator element is specified for the GeneratedValue annotation.
Temporal	This annotation must be specified for persistent fields or properties of type java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar.
TemporalType	Type used to indicate a specific mapping of java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar.
TransactionRequiredException	Thrown by the persistence provider when a transaction is required but is not active.
Transient	Specifies that the property or field is not persistent.
Tuple	Interface for extracting the elements of a query result tuple.
TupleElement<X>	The TupleElement interface defines an element that is returned in a query result tuple.
TypedQuery<X>	Interface used to control the execution of typed queries.
UniqueConstraint	Specifies that a unique constraint is to be included in the generated DDL for a primary or secondary table.
ValidationMode	The validation mode to be used by the provider for the persistence unit.
Version	Specifies the version field or property of an entity class that serves as its optimistic lock value.