org.hibernate.annotations

Annotation Type DiscriminatorOptions

@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface DiscriminatorOptions

Optional annotation to express Hibernate specific discrimintor properties.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	force "Forces" Hibernate to specify the allowed discriminator values, even when retrieving all instances of the root class.
boolean	insert Set this to false, if your discriminator column is also part of a mapped composite identifier.

Element Detail

force

public abstract boolean force

"Forces" Hibernate to specify the allowed discriminator values, even when retrieving all instances of the root class.

Returns:

true in case the discriminator value should be forces, false otherwise. Default is false.

Default:

false

insert

public abstract boolean insert

Set this to false, if your discriminator column is also part of a mapped composite identifier. It tells Hibernate not to include the column in SQL INSERTs.

Returns:

true in case the discriminator value should be included in inserts, false otherwise. Default is true.

Default:

true