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javax.persistence
Annotation Type PrimaryKeyJoinColumn

@Target(value={TYPE,METHOD,FIELD}) @Retention(value=RUNTIME) public @interface PrimaryKeyJoinColumn

This annotation specifies a primary key column that is used as a foreign key to join to another table.

It is used to join the primary table of an entity subclass in the JOINED mapping strategy to the primary table of its superclass; it is used within a SecondaryTable annotation to join a secondary table to a primary table; and it may be used in a OneToOne mapping in which the primary key of the referencing entity is used as a foreign key to the referenced entity.

If no PrimaryKeyJoinColumn annotation is specified for a subclass in the JOINED mapping strategy, the foreign key columns are assumed to have the same names as the primary key columns of the primary table of the superclass


    Example: Customer and ValuedCustomer subclass

    @Entity
    @Table(name="CUST")
    @Inheritance(strategy=JOINED)
    @DiscriminatorValue("CUST")
    public class Customer { ... }
    
    @Entity
    @Table(name="VCUST")
    @DiscriminatorValue("VCUST")
    @PrimaryKeyJoinColumn(name="CUST_ID")
    public class ValuedCustomer extends Customer { ... }

Since:: Java Persistence 1.0

Optional Element Summary

String columnDefinition
          (Optional) The SQL fragment that is used when generating the DDL for the column.

String name
          The name of the primary key column of the current table.

String referencedColumnName
          (Optional) The name of the primary key column of the table being joined to.

Optional Element Summary
`String`	`columnDefinition` (Optional) The SQL fragment that is used when generating the DDL for the column.
`String`	`name` The name of the primary key column of the current table.
`String`	`referencedColumnName` (Optional) The name of the primary key column of the table being joined to.

name

public abstract String name

The name of the primary key column of the current table.

Defaults to the same name as the primary key column of the primary table of the superclass (JOINED mapping strategy); the same name as the primary key column of the primary table (SecondaryTable mapping); or the same name as the primary key column for the table for the referencing entity (OneToOne mapping)

Default:: ""

referencedColumnName

public abstract String referencedColumnName

(Optional) The name of the primary key column of the table being joined to.

Default:: ""

columnDefinition

public abstract String columnDefinition

(Optional) The SQL fragment that is used when generating the DDL for the column. This should not be specified for a OneToOne primary key association.

Defaults to the generated SQL to create a column of the inferred type.

Default:: ""