2.3.4.2. Property Based Entity Bean Class Example
@Entity public class AnEntity {
// With property based access fields are not persistent themselves
private int someTransientField;
private String someOtherTransientField;
// Relationships among entities must be annotated
private Collection <AnotherEntity> relatedEntities;
@OneToMany public Collection <AnotherEntity> getRelatedEntities () {
return (relatedEntities);
}
public void setRelatedEntities (Collection <AnotherEntity> entityCollection) {
relatedEntities = entityCollection;
}
// Getter and setter methods for primary key
private long aKeyField;
@Id Long getAKeyField () { return (aKeyField); }
public void setAKeyField (Long aKeyField) { this.aKeyField = aKeyField; }
// Obligatory constructor with no arguments
public AnEntity () { ... }
// Additional business methods ...
public void myMethodOne (int iArgument) { ... }
public int myMethodTwo (Object oArgument) { ... }
}