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Latest revision as of 16:31, 9 June 2016
Differences between OpenJPA and EclipseLink: Column Type
There are a few differences between OpenJPA and EclipseLink in relation to column types.
Database Column Type
The columns added in the database tables created for each entity differ between OpenJPA and EclipseLink. When migrating from OpenJPA to EclipseLink, if a user wants to use existing tables created by OpenJPA, most of these differences will not be problematic since EclipseLink adapts to the existing column types when persisting new entities. The following table lists the field types that are created as a different column type in OpenJPA and EclipseLink.
| Java Type | OpenJPA | EclipseLink |
|---|---|---|
| java.io.Serializable java.lang.Byte[], byte[] java.lang.Class java.lang.String[] |
BLOB(1048576) | BLOB(64000) |
| java.lang.Boolean, boolean | SMALLINT | SMALLINT WITH DEFAULT 0 |
| java.lang.Character | CHAR(254) | CHAR(1) |
| java.lang.Character[], char[] | VARCHAR(254) | CLOB(64000) LOGGED NOT COMPACT |
| java.lang.Float, float | REAL | DOUBLE |
| java.lang.String | VARCHAR(254) | VARCHAR(255) |
| java.math.BigDecimal | DOUBLE | DECIMAL(15,0) |
| enum | SMALLINT | INTEGER |
CHAR(size) Return Value
Note: this is only applicable in some databases (ie. DB2)
In OpenJPA, when an entity defines a CHAR column with a size specified, persisted values shorter than the size specified will be returned with extra whitespace. However, in the same scenario, EclipseLink will return the original persisted value with no extra whitespace.
For example, for the following entity:
@Entity public class Student { … @Column (columnDefinition="CHAR(20)") private String firstName; … }
The following operations are executed:
Student student = new Student(); student.setFirstName("John"); … em.persist(student); … System.out.println("Student name is (" + em.find(Student.class, id).getFirstName() + ")");
The output will be the following:
Student name is (John )