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package javax.persistence;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

Specifies a persistent field or property of an entity whose value is an instance of an embeddable class. The embeddable class must be annotated as Embeddable. 

 The AttributeOverride, AttributeOverrides,
AssociationOverride, and AssociationOverrides
annotations may be used to override mappings declared or defaulted
by the embeddable class.

  Example:
  @Embedded
  @AttributeOverrides({
      @AttributeOverride(name="startDate", column=@Column("EMP_START")),
      @AttributeOverride(name="endDate", column=@Column("EMP_END"))
  })
  public EmploymentPeriod getEmploymentPeriod() { ... }

See Also:
Embeddable
AttributeOverride
AttributeOverrides
AssociationOverride
AssociationOverrides
Since:
Java Persistence 1.0/**
 * Specifies a persistent field or property of an entity whose
 * value is an instance of an embeddable class. The embeddable
 * class must be annotated as {@link Embeddable}.
 * <p>
 * <p> The <code>AttributeOverride</code>, <code>AttributeOverrides</code>,
 * <code>AssociationOverride</code>, and <code>AssociationOverrides</code>
 * annotations may be used to override mappings declared or defaulted
 * by the embeddable class.
 * <p>
 * <pre>
 *   Example:
 *
 *   &#064;Embedded
 *   &#064;AttributeOverrides({
 *       &#064;AttributeOverride(name="startDate", column=&#064;Column("EMP_START")),
 *       &#064;AttributeOverride(name="endDate", column=&#064;Column("EMP_END"))
 *   })
 *   public EmploymentPeriod getEmploymentPeriod() { ... }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @see Embeddable
 * @see AttributeOverride
 * @see AttributeOverrides
 * @see AssociationOverride
 * @see AssociationOverrides
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
@Target({FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Embedded {

  
WARNING: This is an Ebean extension (not yet part of JPA standard, refer to JPA_SPEC-23).

When specified all the properties in the embedded bean have a prefix applied to their DB column name.

Example:


 @Entity
 public class Invoice {
   ...
   @Embedded(prefix="ship_")
   Address shipAddress;
   @Embedded(prefix="bill_")
   Address billAddress;
 }</pre>
<p>
Without this extension we need to specify AttributeOverride on each property like:
</p>
<pre>{@code
 @Entity
 public class Invoice {
   ...
   @Embedded
   @AttributeOverride(name = "street", column = @Column(name = "ship_street"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "suburb", column = @Column(name = "ship_suburb"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "city", column = @Column(name = "ship_city"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "status", column = @Column(name = "ship_status"))
   Address shipAddress;
   @Embedded
   @AttributeOverride(name = "street", column = @Column(name = "bill_street"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "suburb", column = @Column(name = "bill_suburb"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "city", column = @Column(name = "bill_city"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "status", column = @Column(name = "bill_status"))
   Address billAddress;
 }</pre>
/**
   * WARNING: This is an Ebean extension (not yet part of JPA standard, refer to JPA_SPEC-23).
   * <p>
   * When specified all the properties in the embedded bean have a prefix applied to their DB column name.
   * </p>
   * <h3>Example:</h3>
   * <p/>
   * <pre>{@code
   *
   *  @Entity
   *  public class Invoice {
   *    ...
   *
   *    @Embedded(prefix="ship_")
   *    Address shipAddress;
   *
   *    @Embedded(prefix="bill_")
   *    Address billAddress;
   *
   * }</pre>
   * <p>
   * Without this extension we need to specify AttributeOverride on each property like:
   * </p>
   * <pre>{@code
   *
   *  @Entity
   *  public class Invoice {
   *    ...
   *
   *    @Embedded
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "street", column = @Column(name = "ship_street"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "suburb", column = @Column(name = "ship_suburb"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "city", column = @Column(name = "ship_city"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "status", column = @Column(name = "ship_status"))
   *    Address shipAddress;
   *
   *
   *    @Embedded
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "street", column = @Column(name = "bill_street"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "suburb", column = @Column(name = "bill_suburb"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "city", column = @Column(name = "bill_city"))
   *    @AttributeOverride(name = "status", column = @Column(name = "bill_status"))
   *    Address billAddress;
   *
   * }</pre>
   */
  String prefix() default "";
}