Configuring a Basic Mapping

Use a basic mapping to map an field that contains a primitive or JDK object value. For example, use a basic mapping to store a String attribute in a VARCHAR column.

You define a basic mapping at one of the property (getter or setter method) or field level of your entity.

For more information, see "Understanding Direct-to-Field Mapping" in the Oracle TopLink Developer's Guide.

Note:

For an EJB 3.0 basic mapping code example, see:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/oc4j/ejb3/howtos-ejb3/howtoejb30mappingannotations/doc/how-to-ejb30-mapping-annotations.html#basic

Using Annotations

Example 7-13 shows how to use the @Basic annotation to specify a basic mapping for field firstName.

Example 7-13 @Basic

@Basic(fetch=EAGER)
@Column(name="F_NAME")
public String getFirstName()
{
    return firstName;
}