org.springframework.data.neo4j.annotation

Annotation Type RelationshipEntity

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
 @Inherited
public @interface RelationshipEntity

Annotation to declare a Pojo-Entity as graph backed relationship entity. It is used by the Neo4jRelationshipBacking aspect to add field advices as well as the RelationshipBacked interface. Relationship entities cannot be instantiated directly. The will be provided by relationship fields and the methods relatedTo and getRelationshipTo introduced to the node entities.

Since:

27.08.2010

Author:

Michael Hunger

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	type
boolean	useShortNames

Element Detail

useShortNames

public abstract boolean useShortNames

Returns:

true if the property names default to field names, otherwise the FQN of the class will be prepended

Default:

true

type

public abstract String type

Returns:

the relationship-type of this entity will be used if no other type is provided, either as field inside the relationship-entity or via an annotation in the node-entity, this type will take precedence over node-entity # field names.

Default:

""