What's the difference between the name argument in @Entity and @Table when using JPA?

Question

I\'m using JPA2 and both @Entity and @Table have a name attribute, e. g.:

@Entity(name=\"Foo\")
@Table (name=\"Bar\")
         


        

Answer 1

The name in @Entity is for JPA-QL queries, it defaults to the class name without package (or unqualified class name, in Java lingo), if you change it you have to make sure you use this name when building queries.

The name in @Table is the table name where this entity is saved.