javax.persistence
Annotation Type Transient

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Transient

The Transient annotation is used to annotate a property or field of an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class. It specifies that the property or field is not persistent.

Since:

JPA 1.0 version.

Author:

Florent Benoit

See Also:

JPA 2.0 specification