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<pre>@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface <span class="memberNameLabel">ElementCollection</span></pre>
<div class="block">Specifies a collection of instances of a basic type or embeddable
class.
Must be specified if the collection is to be mapped by
means of a collection table.
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Example:
&#064;Entity public class Person {
&#064;Id protected String ssn;
protected String name;
...
&#064;ElementCollection
protected Set&#060;String&#062; nickNames = new HashSet();
...
}
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../javax/persistence/FetchType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">FetchType</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/ElementCollection.html#fetch--">fetch</a></span></code>
<div class="block">(Optional) Whether the collection should be lazily loaded or must be
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<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.Class</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/persistence/ElementCollection.html#targetClass--">targetClass</a></span></code>
<div class="block">(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;java.lang.Class&nbsp;targetClass</pre>
<div class="block">(Optional) The basic or embeddable class that is the element
type of the collection. This element is optional only if the
collection field or property is defined using Java generics,
and must be specified otherwise. It defaults to the
paramterized type of the collection when defined using
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;<a href="../../javax/persistence/FetchType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">FetchType</a>&nbsp;fetch</pre>
<div class="block">(Optional) Whether the collection should be lazily loaded or must be
eagerly fetched. The EAGER strategy is a requirement on
the persistence provider runtime that the collection elements
must be eagerly fetched. The LAZY strategy is a hint to the
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