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<pre><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/Target.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation">@Target</a>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/Target.html?is-external=true#value--" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation">value</a>={<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.html?is-external=true#FIELD" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation">FIELD</a>,<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.html?is-external=true#METHOD" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation">METHOD</a>,<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.html?is-external=true#TYPE" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation">TYPE</a>})
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public @interface <span class="memberNameLabel">Column</span></pre>
<div class="block">Annotation for a column in the database.
Corresponds to the xml element "column".</div>
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<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
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<div class="block">Whether the column allows null values to be inserted.</div>
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<div class="block">Default value for this column.</div>
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<div class="block">Value to be inserted when this is an "unmapped" column</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
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<div class="block">JDBC Type for this column.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
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<div class="block">Maximum length of data stored in this column.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../javax/jdo/annotations/Column.html#name--">name</a></span></code>
<div class="block">Name of the column.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../javax/jdo/annotations/Column.html#position--">position</a></span></code>
<div class="block">Position of this column in the table for this class (0=first, -1=unset).</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
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<div class="block">SQL Type for this column.</div>
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<div class="block">Target column for this column in the other table when part of a
foreign key relation.</div>
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<div class="block">Target member in the other class or interface for this column
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<div class="block">Name of the column.</div>
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when part of a foreign key relation.</dd>
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<div class="block">JDBC Type for this column.</div>
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<div class="block">SQL Type for this column.</div>
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<div class="block">Maximum length of data stored in this column.</div>
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<dd>the maximum length of data stored in this column</dd>
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<dd>the scale for the column when handling floating point values</dd>
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<div class="block">Whether the column allows null values to be inserted.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>whether the column allows null values to be inserted</dd>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
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<div class="block">Value to be inserted when this is an "unmapped" column</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>the value to be inserted when this is an "unmapped" column</dd>
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<div class="block">Position of this column in the table for this class (0=first, -1=unset).</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>(relative) position of this column</dd>
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