javax.persistence
Annotation Type PersistenceContext

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

Expresses a dependency on a container-managed EntityManager and its associated persistence context.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Optional Element Summary

java.lang.String	name (Optional) The name by which the entity manager is to be accessed in the environment referencing context; not needed when dependency injection is used.
PersistenceProperty[]	properties (Optional) Properties for the container or persistence provider.
SynchronizationType	synchronizationType (Optional) Specifies whether the persistence context is always automatically synchronized with the current JTA transaction or whether the persistence context must be explicitly joined to the current JTA transaction by means of the EntityManager joinTransaction method
PersistenceContextType	type (Optional) Specifies whether a transaction-scoped persistence context or an extended persistence context is to be used.
java.lang.String	unitName (Optional) The name of the persistence unit as defined in the persistence.xml file.

name

public abstract java.lang.String name

(Optional) The name by which the entity manager is to be accessed in the environment referencing context; not needed when dependency injection is used.

Default:

""

unitName

public abstract java.lang.String unitName

(Optional) The name of the persistence unit as defined in the persistence.xml file. If the unitName element is specified, the persistence unit for the entity manager that is accessible in JNDI must have the same name.

Default:

""

type

public abstract PersistenceContextType type

(Optional) Specifies whether a transaction-scoped persistence context or an extended persistence context is to be used.

Default:

javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType.TRANSACTION

synchronizationType

public abstract SynchronizationType synchronizationType

(Optional) Specifies whether the persistence context is always automatically synchronized with the current JTA transaction or whether the persistence context must be explicitly joined to the current JTA transaction by means of the EntityManager joinTransaction method

Default:

javax.persistence.SynchronizationType.SYNCHRONIZED

properties

public abstract PersistenceProperty[] properties

(Optional) Properties for the container or persistence provider. Vendor specific properties may be included in this set of properties. Properties that are not recognized by a vendor are ignored.

Default:

{}