Package org.hibernate.annotations

Annotation Interface AnyDiscriminator

@Target({METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface AnyDiscriminator

A simplified way to specify the type of the discriminator in an Any mapping, using the JPA-defined DiscriminatorType. This annotation must be used in combination with Column to fully describe the discriminator column for an @Any relationship.

@AnyDiscriminator is quite similar to DiscriminatorColumn.discriminatorType() in single-table inheritance mappings, but it describes a discriminator held along with the foreign key in the referring side of a discriminated relationship.

This annotation may be used in conjunction with JdbcType or JdbcTypeCode to more precisely specify the type mapping. On the other hand, JdbcType or JdbcTypeCode may be used without @AnyDiscriminator.

Since:

6.0

See Also:

• Any
• AnyDiscriminatorValue
• AnyDiscriminatorImplicitValues

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
DiscriminatorType	value	The type of the discriminator, as a JPA DiscriminatorType.

Element Details

value

DiscriminatorType value

The type of the discriminator, as a JPA DiscriminatorType. For more precise specification of the type, use JdbcType or JdbcTypeCode.

Default:

STRING