Class Component

java.lang.Object
org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue
org.hibernate.mapping.Component
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, KeyValue, MetaAttributable, SortableValue, Value

public class Component extends SimpleValue implements MetaAttributable, SortableValue
A mapping model object that represents an embeddable class.
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API Note:
The name of this class is historical and unfortunate. An embeddable class holds a "component" of the state of an entity. It has absolutely nothing to do with modularity in software engineering.