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Re: why Embeddable and MappedSuperclass are required in persistence.xml file?

From: Tom Ware <tom.ware_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:23:45 -0400

I think an enhancement request to remove this requirement would be a
good thing to add to the issue tracker.

-Tom

Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I understand why a user has to specify *Entity* class in persistence.xml
>on Java SE environment. But why does a user have to specify *Embeddable*
>& *MappedSuperclass* list?
>
>Thanks,
>Sahoo
>
>