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Ramesh
Ramesh

Reputation: 165

What is the use of the @Access annoation in JPA means at the Entity level?

I saw this @javax.persistence.Access(javax.persistence.AccessType.FIELD) for an Entity. What does this mean? Is it really required to declare @Access this for an entity?

Upvotes: 9

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Answers (1)

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 691933

No, it's not required, but can be useful. @Access is used to specify how JPA must access (get and set) mapped properties of the entity. If access type is set to FIELD, the values will directly be read/set on the field, bypassing getters and setters. If set to PROPERTY, the getters and setters are used to access the field value.

By default (at least with Hibernate), FIELD is used if the @Id annotation is on a field, and PROPERTY is used if the @Id annotation is on a getter.

Upvotes: 18

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