Configuring a Serialized Object Mapping

Use a serialized object mapping to specify that a persistent property should be persisted as a serialized stream of bytes.

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

For more information, see:

Using Annotations

Example 7-15 shows how to use the @Serialized annotation to specify a serialized object mapping for field picture.

Example 7-15 @Serialized

@Serialized(fetch=EAGER)
@Column(name="PICTURE")
public Byte[] getPicture() 
{
    return picture;
}