1 /* 2 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms 3 * of the Common Development and Distribution License 4 * (the License). You may not use this file except in 5 * compliance with the License. 6 * 7 * You can obtain a copy of the license at 8 * https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or 9 * glassfish/bootstrap/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. 10 * See the License for the specific language governing 11 * permissions and limitations under the License. 12 * 13 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL 14 * Header Notice in each file and include the License file 15 * at glassfish/bootstrap/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. 16 * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header, 17 * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by 18 * you own identifying information: 19 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" 20 * 21 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 */ 23 package javax.persistence; 24 25 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 26 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 27 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; 28 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; 29 30 /** 31 * Defines a class whose instances are stored as an intrinsic 32 * part of an owning entity and share the identity of the entity. 33 * Each of the persistent properties or fields of the embedded 34 * object is mapped to the database table for the entity. Only 35 * {@link Basic}, {@link Column}, {@link Lob}, 36 * {@link Temporal}, and {@link Enumerated} mapping 37 * annotations may portably be used to map the persistent fields 38 * or properties of classes annotated as {@link Embeddable}. 39 * 40 * <p> Note that the {@link Transient} annotation may be used to 41 * designate the non-persistent state of an embeddable class. 42 * 43 * @since Java Persistence 1.0 44 */ 45 @Target({TYPE}) 46 @Retention(RUNTIME) 47 48 public @interface Embeddable { 49 } 50