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@@ -3,30 +3,30 @@
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" />
-<title>General information</title>
-<meta name="generator" content="Oracle DARB XHTML Converter (Mode = ohj/ohw) - Version 5.1.1" />
-<meta name="date" content="2010-05-19T8:12:48Z" />
+<title>Entity</title>
+<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 oracle . All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. Contributors: Oracle - initial API and implementation" />
+<meta name="generator" content="Oracle DARB XHTML Converter (Mode = ohj/ohw) - Version 1.0.11" />
+<meta name="date" content="2012-09-11T7:44:7Z" />
<meta name="robots" content="noarchive" />
-<meta name="doctitle" content="General information" />
-<meta name="relnum" content="Release 2.3" />
-<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 oracle . All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. Contributors: Oracle - initial API and implementation" />
+<meta name="doctitle" content="Entity" />
+<meta name="relnum" content="Release 3.2" />
+<meta name="partnum" content="Release 3.2" />
<link rel="copyright" href="dcommon/html/cpyr.htm" title="Copyright" type="text/html" />
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<body>
-<p><a id="CACCACGH" name="CACCACGH"></a></p>
+<p class="betadraftsubtitle">Beta Draft: 2012-09-11</p>
+<p><a id="CACCAGGC" name="CACCAGGC"></a></p>
<div class="sect3"><!-- infolevel="all" infotype="General" -->
-<h1>General information</h1>
-<p>This table lists the General information fields available in the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view for each entity type.</p>
-<div class="inftblruleinformal">
-<table class="RuleInformal" title="This table describes the options on the Persistence Properties view, General tab." summary="This table describes the options on the Persistence Properties view, General tab." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="border" rules="all" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
-<col width="21%" />
+<h1>Entity</h1>
+<p>This table lists the Entity information fields available in the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view for an <a href="tasks002.htm#BABGBIEE">Entity</a>.</p>
+<div class="inftblhruleinformalwide">
+<table class="HRuleInformalWide" title="JPA Details, Entity page" summary="JPA Details, Entity page" dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="hsides" rules="rows" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
+<col width="20%" />
<col width="*" />
-<col width="22%" />
+<col width="24%" />
<thead>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t20">Property</th>
@@ -36,51 +36,102 @@
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r2c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">Package</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t20 r1c2-t20">The Java package that contains the persistent entities. Click <span class="bold">Browse</span> and select the package</td>
+<td align="left" id="r2c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p><span class="bold">Table</span></p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>The default database table information for this entity. These fields can be overridden by the information in the <a href="reference019.htm#CACIJBGH">Attribute Overrides</a> area.</p>
+</td>
<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r3c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">Schema</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t20 r1c2-t20">The database schema that contains the <span class="bold">Table</span>.
-<p>This field corresponds to the <code>&lt;schema&gt;</code> element in the <code>orm.xml</code> file.</p>
+<td align="left" id="r3c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p>Name</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>The name of the primary database table associated with the entity.</p>
</td>
<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r4c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">Catalog</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t20 r1c2-t20">The database catalog that contains the <span class="bold">Table</span>.
-<p>This field corresponds to the <code>&lt;catalog&gt;</code> element in the <code>orm.xml</code> file.</p>
+<td align="left" id="r4c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p>Catalog</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>The database catalog that contains the <span class="bold">Table</span>.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t20 r1c3-t20">
+<p>As defined in <code>orm.xml</code>.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r5c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p>Schema</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>The database schema that contains the <span class="bold">Table</span>.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t20 r1c3-t20">
+<p>As defined in <code>orm.xml</code>.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r6c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p><span class="bold">Name</span></p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>The name of this entity. By default, the class name is used as the entity name.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r5c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">Access</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t20 r1c2-t20">Specify the default access method for the variables in the project:
+<td align="left" id="r7c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p><span class="bold">Access</span></p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>Specify how the entity its access instance variables.</p>
<ul>
<li>
-<p>Property</p>
+<p>Property &ndash; Persistent state accessed through the property accessor methods. The property accessor methods must be <span class="bold">public</span> or <span class="bold">private</span>.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>Field</p>
+<p>Field &ndash; Instance variables are accessed directly. All non-transient instance variables are persistent.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-<p>This field corresponds to the <code>&lt;access&gt;</code> element in the <code>orm.xml</code> file.</p>
+<p><span class="bold">Note</span>: This field is for display only, based on the properties in the <code>orm.xml</code>: If only the methods of the class are annotated, <span class="bold">property</span> access type is used. In all other cases, <span class="bold">field</span> access type is used.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
+<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t20 r1c3-t20">
+<p>Field</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r8c1-t20" headers="r1c1-t20">
+<p><span class="bold">ID class</span></p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t20 r1c2-t20">
+<p>Click <span class="bold">Browse</span> and select the primary key for the entity. Clicking the field name, which is represented as a hyperlink, allows you to create a new class.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t20 r1c3-t20"><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br /></div>
-<!-- class="inftblruleinformal" -->
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<img src="img/ngrelt.png" alt="Related task" title="Related task" /><br />
-<br />
-<a href="task_add_persistence.htm#BABHICAI">Adding persistence to a class</a>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<img src="img/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" title="Related reference" /><br />
-<br />
-<a href="ref_persistence_prop_view.htm#BABFAEBB">JPA Details view (for entities)</a></div>
+<!-- class="inftblhruleinformalwide" -->
+<a id="sthref356" name="sthref356"></a>
+<p class="subhead2">Related tasks</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><a href="task_add_persistence.htm#BABHICAI">Adding persistence to a class</a></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<a id="sthref357" name="sthref357"></a>
+<p class="subhead2">Related reference</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><a href="ref_persistence_prop_view.htm#BABFAEBB">JPA Details view (for entities)</a></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
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+<td align="left"><span class="copyrightlogo">Copyright&nbsp;&copy;&nbsp;2011, 2012,&nbsp;Oracle&nbsp;and/or&nbsp;its&nbsp;affiliates.&nbsp;All&nbsp;rights&nbsp;reserved.</span><br />
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