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

 Example:
 @Entity
 @Table(name="CUST", schema="RECORDS")
 public class Customer { ... }
 

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

• Optional Element Summary

  Optional Elements

  Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
  String	catalog (Optional) The catalog of the table.
  Index[]	indexes (Optional) Indexes for the table.
  String	name (Optional) The name of the table.
  String	schema (Optional) The schema of the table.
  UniqueConstraint[]	uniqueConstraints (Optional) Unique constraints that are to be placed on the table.

• Element Detail

  • name

    public abstract String name

    (Optional) The name of the table.

    Defaults to the entity name.

    Default:

    ""

• • catalog

    public abstract String catalog

    (Optional) The catalog of the table.

    Defaults to the default catalog.

    Default:

    ""

• • schema

    public abstract String schema

    (Optional) The schema of the table.

    Defaults to the default schema for user.

    Default:

    ""

• • uniqueConstraints

    public abstract UniqueConstraint[] uniqueConstraints

    (Optional) Unique constraints that are to be placed on the table. These are only used if table generation is in effect. These constraints apply in addition to any constraints specified by the Column and JoinColumn annotations and constraints entailed by primary key mappings.

    Defaults to no additional constraints.

    Default:

    {}

• • indexes

    public abstract Index[] indexes

    (Optional) Indexes for the table. These are only used if table generation is in effect. Note that it is not necessary to specify an index for a primary key, as the primary key index will be created automatically.

    Since:

    Java Persistence 2.1

    Default:

    {}