Uses of Package
org.hibernate.annotations

Packages that use org.hibernate.annotations

Package	Description
org.hibernate.annotations	A set of mapping annotations which extend the O/R mapping annotations defined by JPA.
org.hibernate.boot	This package contains the interfaces that make up the bootstrap API for Hibernate.
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.mapping.spi
org.hibernate.boot.models	Overall, this module is responsible for taking a managed-resources and table them into Hibernate's boot-time model.
org.hibernate.boot.models.categorize.spi
org.hibernate.boot.models.xml.spi
org.hibernate.boot.spi	A range of SPIs allowing integration with—and customization of—the process of building metadata.
org.hibernate.engine	This package contains classes which are "shared" by other subsystems, and implementations of some key algorithms.
org.hibernate.engine.profile	Models the fetch profiles defined by the application.
org.hibernate.engine.spi	This package defines some central internal SPI abstractions used throughout the implementation of Hibernate.
org.hibernate.id.uuid	Contains the UuidGenerator.
org.hibernate.mapping	This package defines the Hibernate configuration-time mapping model.
org.hibernate.tuple	Most contracts here have been replaced by the new runtime mapping model.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.annotations

Class	Description
AttributeBinderType	Associates a user-defined annotation with an AttributeBinder, allowing the annotation to drive some custom model binding.
CacheConcurrencyStrategy	Identifies policies for managing concurrent access to the shared second-level cache.
CacheLayout	Describes the data layout used for storing an object into the query cache.
CacheModeType	Deprecated. use CacheMode or CacheStoreMode and CacheRetrieveMode.
CascadeType	Enumerates the persistence operations which may be cascaded from one entity instance to associated entity instances.
DialectOverride.OverridesAnnotation	Marks an annotation type as a dialect-specific override for some other annotation type.
FetchMode	Enumerates methods for fetching an association from the database.
FlushModeType	Enumeration extending the JPA flush modes with flush modes specific to Hibernate, and a "null" mode, FlushModeType.PERSISTENCE_CONTEXT, for use as a default annotation value.
GenerationTime	Deprecated. use EventType and EventTypeSets instead
IdGeneratorType	Meta-annotation used to mark another annotation as providing configuration for a custom identifier generator.
LazyCollectionOption	Deprecated. Use the JPA-defined FetchType.EAGER instead of LazyCollection(FALSE).
LazyToOneOption	Deprecated. since LazyToOne is deprecated, use FetchType instead
NotFoundAction	Specifies how Hibernate should handle the case of an orphaned foreign key with no associated row in the referenced table.
OnDeleteAction	Enumerates the possible actions for the on delete clause of a foreign key constraint.
OptimisticLockType	Enumerates the possible optimistic lock checking strategies.
PolymorphismType	Deprecated. since Polymorphism is deprecated
ResultCheckStyle	Deprecated. Use an Expectation class instead.
SoftDeleteType	Enumeration of defines styles of soft-delete
SourceType	Specifies the source of a generated value, either the virtual machine, or the database.
TimeZoneStorageType	Describes the storage of timezone information for zoned datetime types, in particular, for the types OffsetDateTime and ZonedDateTime.
TypeBinderType	Associates a user-defined annotation with a TypeBinder, allowing the annotation to drive some custom model binding.
UuidGenerator.Style	Represents a kind of UUID, that is, what RFC 4122 calls a "version".
ValueGenerationType	Meta-annotation used to mark another annotation as providing configuration for a custom value generation strategy.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot

Class	Description
CacheLayout	Describes the data layout used for storing an object into the query cache.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.mapping.spi

Class	Description
NotFoundAction	Specifies how Hibernate should handle the case of an orphaned foreign key with no associated row in the referenced table.
OnDeleteAction	Enumerates the possible actions for the on delete clause of a foreign key constraint.
PolymorphismType	Deprecated. since Polymorphism is deprecated
UuidGenerator.Style	Represents a kind of UUID, that is, what RFC 4122 calls a "version".

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot.models

Class	Description
Any	Maps a to-one cardinality association taking values over several entity types which are not related by the usual entity inheritance, using a discriminator value stored on the referring side of the relationship.
AnyDiscriminator	A simplified way to specify the type of the discriminator in an Any mapping, using the JPA-defined DiscriminatorType.
AnyDiscriminatorValue	Specifies the mapping of a single any-valued discriminator value to its corresponding entity type.
AnyDiscriminatorValues	List of AnyDiscriminatorValues.
AnyKeyJavaClass	Specifies the Java class to use for the foreign key handling related to an Any mapping.
AnyKeyJavaType	Form of JavaType used to describe the foreign-key part of an ANY mapping.
AnyKeyJdbcType	Form of JdbcType used to describe the foreign key part of an Any mapping.
AnyKeyJdbcTypeCode	Form of JdbcTypeCode used to describe the foreign key part of an Any mapping.
AttributeAccessor	Specifies an attribute access strategy to use.
AttributeBinderType	Associates a user-defined annotation with an AttributeBinder, allowing the annotation to drive some custom model binding.
Bag	Specifies that an attribute of type List is semantically a bag, that is, that the order of the list elements is not significant, and should not be persistent.
BatchSize	Specifies a maximum batch size for batch fetching of the annotated entity or collection.
Cache	Marks a root entity or collection for second-level caching, and specifies: a named cache region in which to store the state of instances of the entity or collection, and an appropriate cache concurrency policy, given the expected data access patterns affecting the entity or collection.
Cascade	Specifies the persistence operations that should cascade to associated entity instances.
Check	Specifies a check constraint to be included in the generated DDL.
Checks	A list of Checks.
CollectionId	Describe an identifier column for a bag.
CollectionIdJavaType	Form of JavaType for describing the id of an id-bag mapping.
CollectionIdJdbcType	Form of JdbcType for describing the id of an id-bag mapping.
CollectionIdJdbcTypeCode	Form of JdbcTypeCode for describing the id of an id-bag mapping.
CollectionIdMutability	Form of Mutability for describing the id of an id-bag mapping
CollectionIdType	Form of Type for describing the id of an id-bag mapping.
CollectionType	Names a custom collection type for a persistent collection.
CollectionTypeRegistration	Allows to register a UserCollectionType to use as the default for the specified classification of collection.
CollectionTypeRegistrations	Repeatable container for CollectionTypeRegistration
ColumnDefault	Specifies that a column has a default value specified in DDL.
ColumnTransformer	Specifies custom SQL expressions used to read and write to the column mapped by the annotated persistent attribute in all generated SQL involving the annotated persistent attribute.
ColumnTransformers	Plural annotation for @ColumnTransformer.
Comment	Deprecated. Prefer Table.comment()
CompositeType	Specifies a custom CompositeUserType for the annotated attribute mapping.
CompositeTypeRegistration	Registers a custom composite user type implementation to be used by default for all references to a particular embeddable class.
CompositeTypeRegistrations	Grouping of CompositeTypeRegistration
ConverterRegistration	Registers an AttributeConverter.
ConverterRegistrations
CreationTimestamp	Specifies that the annotated field of property is a generated creation timestamp.
CurrentTimestamp	Specifies that the annotated field of property is a generated timestamp, and also specifies the timing of the timestamp generation, and whether it is generated in Java or by the database: source = VM indicates that the virtual machine current instant is used, and source = DB indicates that the database current_timestamp function should be used.
DialectOverride.Check	Specializes a Check in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.Checks
DialectOverride.ColumnDefault	Specializes a ColumnDefault in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.ColumnDefaults
DialectOverride.DiscriminatorFormula	Specializes a DiscriminatorFormula in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.DiscriminatorFormulas
DialectOverride.FilterDefOverrides
DialectOverride.FilterDefs	Specializes FilterDefs in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.FilterOverrides
DialectOverride.Filters	Specializes Filters in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.Formula	Specializes a Formula in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.Formulas
DialectOverride.GeneratedColumn	Specializes a GeneratedColumn in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.GeneratedColumns
DialectOverride.JoinFormula	Specializes a JoinFormula in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.JoinFormulas
DialectOverride.OrderBy	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Use DialectOverride.SQLOrder
DialectOverride.OrderBys
DialectOverride.SQLDelete	Specializes a SQLDelete in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.SQLDeleteAll	Specializes a SQLDeleteAll in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.SQLDeleteAlls
DialectOverride.SQLDeletes
DialectOverride.SQLInsert	Specializes a SQLInsert in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.SQLInserts
DialectOverride.SQLUpdate	Specializes a SQLUpdate in a certain dialect.
DialectOverride.SQLUpdates
DialectOverride.Version	Identifies a database version.
DialectOverride.Where	Deprecated. Use DialectOverride.SQLRestriction
DialectOverride.Wheres
DiscriminatorFormula	Specifies an expression written in native SQL as the discriminator for an entity inheritance hierarchy.
DiscriminatorOptions	Optional annotation used in conjunction with the JPA-defined DiscriminatorColumn annotation to express Hibernate-specific discriminator properties.
DynamicInsert	Specifies that SQL insert statements for the annotated entity are generated dynamically, and only include the columns to which a non-null value must be assigned.
DynamicUpdate	Specifies that SQL update statements for the annotated entity are generated dynamically, and only include columns which are actually being updated.
EmbeddableInstantiator	Specifies a custom instantiator for a specific embedded
EmbeddableInstantiatorRegistration	Registers a custom instantiator implementation to be used for all references to a particular Embeddable.
EmbeddableInstantiatorRegistrations	Grouping of EmbeddableInstantiatorRegistration
Fetch	Specifies the default fetching method for the annotated association.
FetchProfile	Defines a fetch profile, by specifying its FetchProfile.name(), together with a list of fetch strategy overrides.
FetchProfiles	Collects together multiple fetch profiles.
Filter	Specifies that an entity or collection is affected by a named filter declared using FilterDef, and allows the default filter condition to be overridden for the annotated entity or collection role.
FilterDef	Declares a filter, specifying its FilterDef.name(), optionally, a default condition, and its parameter names and types, if it has parameters.
FilterDefs	Array of filter definitions.
FilterJoinTable	Specifies that the join table of a collection is affected by a named filter declared using FilterDef, and allows the default filter condition to be overridden for the annotated entity or collection role.
FilterJoinTables	Add multiple @FilterJoinTable to a collection.
Filters	Add multiple @Filters.
ForeignKey	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. use the JPA 2.1 ForeignKey annotation
Formula	Specifies an expression written in native SQL that is used to read the value of an attribute instead of storing the value in a Column.
Generated	Specifies that the value of the annotated property is generated by the database.
GeneratedColumn	Specifies that a column is defined using a DDL generated always as clause or equivalent, and that Hibernate should fetch the generated value from the database after each SQL INSERT or UPDATE.
GeneratorType	Deprecated. ValueGenerationType and AnnotationValueGeneration now provide a much more powerful and typesafe alternative
GenericGenerator	Deprecated. Use the new approach based on IdGeneratorType.
GenericGenerators	Deprecated. since GenericGenerator is deprecated.
IdGeneratorType	Meta-annotation used to mark another annotation as providing configuration for a custom identifier generator.
Immutable	Marks an entity, collection, or attribute of an entity as immutable.
Imported	Marks an arbitrary class as available for use in HQL queries by its unqualified name.
Index	Deprecated. Use Index instead.
IndexColumn	Deprecated. Prefer the standard JPA OrderColumn annotation, using ListIndexBase instead of IndexColumn.base().
Instantiator	Marks the canonical constructor to be used for instantiation of an embeddable.
JavaType	Specify an explicit BasicJavaType to use for a particular column mapping.
JavaTypeRegistration	Registers a BasicJavaType as the default Java type descriptor for the given JavaTypeRegistration.javaType().
JavaTypeRegistrations	Grouping of JavaTypeRegistration See notes on JavaTypeRegistration about using on packages versus use on classes
JdbcType	Specifies an explicit JdbcType to use for a particular column mapping. When applied to a Map-valued attribute, describes the Map value.
JdbcTypeCode	Specifies the JDBC type-code to use for the column mapping. When applied to a Map-valued attribute, describes the Map value.
JdbcTypeRegistration	Registers a JdbcType as the default JDBC type descriptor for a certain type code.
JdbcTypeRegistrations	Grouping of JdbcTypeRegistration See notes on JdbcTypeRegistration about using on packages versus use on classes
JoinColumnOrFormula	Specifies one element of a composite join condition involving both formulas and columns.
JoinColumnsOrFormulas	Specifies a composite join condition involving one or more formulas and, optionally, one or more columns.
JoinFormula	Specifies a join condition based on an arbitrary native SQL formula instead of a column name.
LazyCollection	Deprecated. Use the JPA-defined FetchType.EAGER instead of LazyCollection(FALSE).
LazyGroup	Specifies the fetch group for a persistent attribute of an entity class.
LazyToOne	Deprecated. use JPA annotations to specify the FetchType
ListIndexBase	Specifies the base value for the order column of a persistent list or array, that is, the order column value of the first element of the list or array.
ListIndexJavaType	Form of JavaType for describing the column mapping for the index of a List or array.
ListIndexJdbcType	Form of JdbcType for describing the column mapping for the index of a List or array.
ListIndexJdbcTypeCode	Form of JdbcTypeCode for describing the column mapping for the index of a List or array.
Loader	Deprecated. Use SQLSelect or HQLSelect.
ManyToAny	Maps a to-many cardinality association taking values over several entity types which are not related by the usual entity inheritance, using a discriminator value stored in an association table.
MapKeyCompositeType	Form of CompositeType for use with map-keys
MapKeyJavaType	Form of JavaType for describing the key of a Map
MapKeyJdbcType	Form of JdbcType for describing the key of a Map
MapKeyJdbcTypeCode	Form of JdbcTypeCode for describing the key of a Map
MapKeyMutability	Form of Mutability for describing the key of a Map
MapKeyType	Form of Type for use with map keys.
Mutability	Specifies a MutabilityPlan for a basic value mapping.
NamedNativeQueries	A grouping of NamedNativeQuery definitions.
NamedNativeQuery	Declares a named query written in native SQL.
NamedQueries	A grouping of NamedQuery definitions.
NamedQuery	Declares a named query written in HQL or JPQL.
Nationalized	Specifies that the annotated character data should be stored with nationalization support.
NaturalId	Specifies that a field or property of an entity class is part of the natural id of the entity.
NaturalIdCache	Specifies that mappings from the natural id values of the annotated entity to the corresponding entity id values should be cached in the shared second-level cache.
NotFound	Indicates that a many to one, one to one, or many to many association maps to a column holding foreign keys, but without a foreign key constraint, and which may therefore violate referential integrity.
OnDelete	Specifies an on delete action for a foreign key constraint.
OptimisticLock	Specifies whether mutating the annotated attribute should trigger an increment to the version of the entity instance.
OptimisticLocking	Specifies how optimistic lock checking works for the annotated entity.
OrderBy	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Use SQLOrder instead.
ParamDef	Details about a parameter declared in a FilterDef.
Parameter	Generic parameter (basically a key/value combination) used to parametrize other annotations.
Parent	Reference the property as a pointer back to the owner (generally the owning entity).
PartitionKey	Identifies a field of an entity that holds the partition key of a table.
Polymorphism	Deprecated. This annotation is hardly ever useful.
Proxy	Deprecated. This annotation is almost never useful.
RowId	Specifies that a rowid-like column or pseudo-column should be used as the row locator in CRUD operations for an entity, instead of the primary key of the table.
SecondaryRow	Specifies how the row of a SecondaryTable should be managed.
SecondaryRows	A grouping of SecondaryRows.
SelectBeforeUpdate	Deprecated. Since Session.update(Object) is deprecated
SortComparator	Sort a Set or Map using the given Comparator.
SortNatural	Sort a Set or Map in its natural order
Source	Deprecated. use CurrentTimestamp instead
SQLDelete	Specifies a custom SQL DML statement to be used in place of the default SQL generated by Hibernate when an entity or collection row is deleted from the database.
SQLDeleteAll	Specifies a custom SQL DML statement to be used in place of the default SQL generated by Hibernate when an entire collection is deleted from the database.
SQLDeletes	A grouping of SQLDeletes.
SqlFragmentAlias	Defines an interpolated alias occurring in a SQL filter condition.
SQLInsert	Specifies a custom SQL DML statement to be used in place of the default SQL generated by Hibernate when an entity or collection row is inserted in the database.
SQLInserts	A grouping of SQLInserts.
SQLJoinTableRestriction	Specifies a restriction written in native SQL to add to the generated SQL when querying the join table of a collection.
SQLRestriction	Specifies a restriction written in native SQL to add to the generated SQL for entities or collections.
SQLUpdate	Specifies a custom SQL DML statement to be used in place of the default SQL generated by Hibernate when an entity or collection row is updated in the database.
SQLUpdates	A grouping of SQLUpdates.
Struct	Specifies the UDT (user defined type) name for the annotated embeddable type or embedded attribute.
Subselect	Maps an immutable and read-only entity to a given SQL select expression.
Synchronize	Specifies a table or tables that hold state mapped by the annotated entity or collection.
Table	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. The options available here are all now offered by other newer and better-designed annotations in this package.
Tables	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. since Table is deprecated
TenantId	Identifies a field of an entity that holds a tenant id in discriminator-based multitenancy.
TimeZoneColumn	Specifies the mapped column for storing the time zone information, for use in conjunction with TimeZoneStorageType.COLUMN or TimeZoneStorageType.AUTO.
TimeZoneStorage	Specifies how the time zone information of a persistent property or field should be persisted.
Type	Specifies a custom UserType for the annotated attribute mapping.
TypeBinderType	Associates a user-defined annotation with a TypeBinder, allowing the annotation to drive some custom model binding.
TypeRegistration	Registers a custom user type implementation to be used by default for all references to a particular class of basic type.
TypeRegistrations	Grouping of TypeRegistration
UpdateTimestamp	Specifies that the annotated field of property is a generated update timestamp. The timestamp is regenerated every time an entity instance is updated in the database.
UuidGenerator	Specifies that an entity identifier is generated as an IETF RFC 4122 UUID.
ValueGenerationType	Meta-annotation used to mark another annotation as providing configuration for a custom value generation strategy.
Where	Deprecated. Use SQLRestriction
WhereJoinTable	Deprecated. Use SQLJoinTableRestriction

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot.models.categorize.spi

Class	Description
Cache	Marks a root entity or collection for second-level caching, and specifies: a named cache region in which to store the state of instances of the entity or collection, and an appropriate cache concurrency policy, given the expected data access patterns affecting the entity or collection.
GenericGenerator	Deprecated. Use the new approach based on IdGeneratorType.
NaturalIdCache	Specifies that mappings from the natural id values of the annotated entity to the corresponding entity id values should be cached in the shared second-level cache.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot.models.xml.spi

Class	Description
CascadeType	Enumerates the persistence operations which may be cascaded from one entity instance to associated entity instances.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.boot.spi

Class	Description
CacheLayout	Describes the data layout used for storing an object into the query cache.
CascadeType	Enumerates the persistence operations which may be cascaded from one entity instance to associated entity instances.
CollectionTypeRegistration	Allows to register a UserCollectionType to use as the default for the specified classification of collection.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.engine

Class	Description
OptimisticLockType	Enumerates the possible optimistic lock checking strategies.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.engine.profile

Class	Description
FetchMode	Enumerates methods for fetching an association from the database.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.engine.spi

Class	Description
ResultCheckStyle	Deprecated. Use an Expectation class instead.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.id.uuid

Class	Description
UuidGenerator	Specifies that an entity identifier is generated as an IETF RFC 4122 UUID.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.mapping

Class	Description
CacheLayout	Describes the data layout used for storing an object into the query cache.
FetchMode	Enumerates methods for fetching an association from the database.
NotFoundAction	Specifies how Hibernate should handle the case of an orphaned foreign key with no associated row in the referenced table.
OnDeleteAction	Enumerates the possible actions for the on delete clause of a foreign key constraint.
SoftDeleteType	Enumeration of defines styles of soft-delete
TimeZoneStorageType	Describes the storage of timezone information for zoned datetime types, in particular, for the types OffsetDateTime and ZonedDateTime.

Classes in org.hibernate.annotations used by org.hibernate.tuple

Class	Description
CreationTimestamp	Specifies that the annotated field of property is a generated creation timestamp.
GenerationTime	Deprecated. use EventType and EventTypeSets instead
GeneratorType	Deprecated. ValueGenerationType and AnnotationValueGeneration now provide a much more powerful and typesafe alternative
UpdateTimestamp	Specifies that the annotated field of property is a generated update timestamp. The timestamp is regenerated every time an entity instance is updated in the database.