Package org.hibernate.annotations

Annotation Interface SecondaryRow

@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(SecondaryRows.class)
public @interface SecondaryRow

Specifies how the row of a SecondaryTable should be managed.

Since:

6.2

See Also:

• SecondaryTable

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	optional	Unless disabled, specifies that no row should be inserted in the secondary table if all the columns of the secondary table would be null.
boolean	owned	If enabled, Hibernate will never insert or update the columns of the secondary table.
String	table	The name of the secondary table, as specified by SecondaryTable.name().

Element Details

table

String table

The name of the secondary table, as specified by SecondaryTable.name().

Default:

""

owned

boolean owned

If enabled, Hibernate will never insert or update the columns of the secondary table.

This setting is useful if data in the secondary table belongs to some other entity, or if it is maintained externally to Hibernate.

Default:

true

optional

boolean optional

Unless disabled, specifies that no row should be inserted in the secondary table if all the columns of the secondary table would be null. Furthermore, an outer join will always be used to read the row. Thus, by default, Hibernate avoids creating a row containing only null column values.

Default:

true