info.archinnov.achilles.annotations

Annotation Type Enumerated

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={FIELD,TYPE_USE,TYPE_PARAMETER})
 @Documented
public @interface Enumerated

Annotation for enum type column. Example

 @Column
 @Enumerated(Encoding.ORDINAL)
 private Pricing pricing;
 

It can be also applied to nested enums too:

 @Column
 private List<@Enumerated(Encoding.ORDINAL) Pricing> pricingTypes;
 

See Also:

@Column

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Enumerated.Encoding	value (Optional) The encoding type for this value.

Element Detail

value

public abstract Enumerated.Encoding value

(Optional) The encoding type for this value. Default value is Encoding.NAME e.g. enum value will be converted to string by calling the .name() method.

Alternatively it is possible to encode using Encoding.ORDINAL. In this case enum value will be saved using the ordinal value (order in which each enum is declared in the source class). Please note that the ordinal is 0-based

 @Enumerated(Encoding.ORDINAL)
 private Pricing pricingType;
 

Default:

info.archinnov.achilles.annotations.Enumerated.Encoding.NAME