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

From: Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo <Sanjeeb.Sahoo_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:16:28 +0530

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