Specifies that a persistent property or field should be persisted
as a enumerated type. The
Enumerated annotation may
be used in conjunction with the
Basic annotation, or in
conjunction with the
ElementCollection annotation when the
element collection value is of basic type. If the enumerated type
is not specified or the
Enumerated annotation is not
used, the
EnumType value is assumed to be
ORDINAL.
Example:
public enum EmployeeStatus {FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, CONTRACT}
public enum SalaryRate {JUNIOR, SENIOR, MANAGER, EXECUTIVE}
@Entity public class Employee {
public EmployeeStatus getStatus() {...}
...
@Enumerated(STRING)
public SalaryRate getPayScale() {...}
...
}