Thanks.
From: ljnelson [via OpenJPA] [mailto:ml-node+4837820-1225260212-48...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:36 AM To: Patel, Sanjay Subject: Re: can JPA Entity extend non JPA Entity? On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:56 AM, sapatel [via OpenJPA] <[hidden email] <http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4837820&i=0> > wrote: What I want to do is I want all my JPA entities to extend some BaseEntity class where can I define some properites (which are not table columns) to use/share. Just do it: public class A {  // no matter what you put in here it won't be mapped to the database,  // even if you use JPA annotations. } @Entity public class B extends A {  // All state and behavior is available from A. Only fields defined in B that are  // annotated with JPA annotations will get mapped to the database. } (If you want some of A's state to be mapped, then you want to look at the @MappedSuperclass annotation, but that is not what you are claiming you want from your question.) Best, Laird ________________________________ View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/can-JPA-Entity-extend-non-JPA-Entity-tp4837568p4837820.html To unsubscribe from can JPA Entity extend non JPA Entity?, click here < (link removed) ==> . -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/can-JPA-Entity-extend-non-JPA-Entity-tp4837568p4843229.html Sent from the OpenJPA Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
