I have seen sample where Annotationsa re put directly before the declaration of the variable and other samples where it is put before the getXXXX() method. e.g.

@Id
@GeneratedValue(....)
private int id;

vs:

@Id
@GeneratedValue(....)
publci int getId() { ..... }


Is there a difference? I observed that putting the @Column(name = ...) before the getXXX() method does NOT create the column in the SQL TABLE. I have to write @Column before the variable declaration.

So are there diefferences between different types of Annotations?

Peter

you can use either strategy, but you must be consistent with all your hibernate/jpa annotations:
if you declare @Id on the field, only annotations on fields will be considered;
if you declare @Id on a getter, only the getters will be considered.

Furthermore, Hibernate will write directly to the fields or use the setters according to your choice.

Thank you.

But does that mean if I put @id before the variable declaration that getXXXX() and setXXXX() are never used?

Peter

Hibernate will not invoke those methods, you can still do it.