@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface EmbeddedId
Embeddable.
There must be only one EmbeddedId annotation and
no Id annotation when the EmbeddedId annotation is used.
The AttributeOverride annotation may be used to override
the column mappings declared within the embeddable class.
The MapsId annotation may be used in conjunction
with the EmbeddedId annotation to specify a derived
primary key.
If the entity has a derived primary key, the
AttributeOverride annotation may only be used to
override those attributes of the embedded id that do not correspond
to the relationship to the parent entity.
Relationship mappings defined within an embedded id class are not supported.
Example 1:
@EmbeddedId
protected EmployeePK empPK;
Example 2:
@Embeddable
public class DependentId {
String name;
EmployeeId empPK; // corresponds to primary key type of Employee
}
@Entity
public class Dependent {
// default column name for "name" attribute is overridden
@AttributeOverride(name="name", @Column(name="dep_name"))
@EmbeddedId DependentId id;
...
@MapsId("empPK")
@ManyToOne Employee emp;
}
Embeddable,
MapsId