com.bettercloud.bigtable.orm.annotations

Annotation Type Entity

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=SOURCE)
public @interface Entity

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
KeyComponent[]	keyComponents An array of KeyComponents that will be used to generate a KeyBuilder that always generates a suitable key for this entity.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
java.lang.String	keyDelimiter

Element Detail

keyComponents

public abstract KeyComponent[] keyComponents

An array of KeyComponents that will be used to generate a KeyBuilder that always generates a suitable key for this entity. At least one KeyComponent must be defined. It is up to the programmer to define key formats that will not collide with one another. This annotation is constructed for easy readability for code reviews.

Returns:

An array of key components

keyDelimiter

public abstract java.lang.String keyDelimiter

Returns:

The delimiter used to join the keyComponents() for all entites of the annotated type.

Default:

"::"