Answer 1

Yes. It is possible to specify your own name for a column if you are not satisfied with the default names. For instance in the class with the reference to the ActionPlan you can specify:

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name="actionplanId")
public ActionPlan getActionPlan(){

}

And thus, the column name will be "actionplanid".

Answered by: Tara984 | Posted: 24-02-2022

Answer 2

This capability is part of the JPA specification and allows for the naming of many of your database structures in the annotations. These include:

Naming your table as follows:

@Entity
@Table(name="better_table_name")
public class MyConvolutedClassName {
}

Naming your columns as follows:

@Column(name="better_column_name")
private Date myConvolutedDateColumn;

Naming your columns that are part of a relationship:

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name="better_join_column_name")
private ClassName otherModelClass;

There's a great (though not quite up-to-date) cheatsheet for EJB 3.0 annotations (which includes JPA) available at http://www.fnogol.de/media/ejb3.0-anno-cheat-1.2.pdf.

Answered by: Anna910 | Posted: 24-02-2022

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