Hibernate makes the following essential distinction:
■ An object of entity type has its own database identity (primary key value). An
object reference to an entity is persisted as a reference in the database (a
foreign key value). An entity has its own lifecycle; it may exist independently
of any other entity.
■ An object of value type has no database identity; it belongs to an entity, and
its persistent state is embedded in the table row of the owning entity (except
in the case of collections, which are also considered value types, as you’ll see
in chapter 6). Value types don’t have identifiers or identifier properties.
The lifespan of a value-type instance is bounded by the lifespan of the owning
entity.
The most obvious value types are simple objects like Strings and Integers.
■ An object of entity type has its own database identity (primary key value). An
object reference to an entity is persisted as a reference in the database (a
foreign key value). An entity has its own lifecycle; it may exist independently
of any other entity.
■ An object of value type has no database identity; it belongs to an entity, and
its persistent state is embedded in the table row of the owning entity (except
in the case of collections, which are also considered value types, as you’ll see
in chapter 6). Value types don’t have identifiers or identifier properties.
The lifespan of a value-type instance is bounded by the lifespan of the owning
entity.
The most obvious value types are simple objects like Strings and Integers.
Entity 对应ER中的E ,
value对应 ER图中的 attribute