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.METHOD; 28 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD; 29 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; 30 31 /** 32 * This annotation specifies that the property or field is 33 * not persistent. It is used to annotate a property or field 34 * of an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class. 35 * 36 * <pre> 37 * Example: 38 * @Entity 39 * public class Employee { 40 * @Id int id; 41 * @Transient User currentUser; 42 * ... 43 * } 44 * </pre> 45 * 46 * @since Java Persistence 1.0 47 */ 48 @Target({METHOD, FIELD}) 49 @Retention(RUNTIME) 50 51 public @interface Transient {} 52