Question

This question is essentially the opposite of this one.

I have a method like so:

public boolean isVacant() {
    return getEmployeeNum() != null && getEmployeeNum().equals("00000000");
}

When I load it up, Hibernate is complaining that I have no attribute called vacant. But I don’t want an attribute called vacant – I have no need to store that data – it’s simply logic.

Hibernate says:

org.hibernate.PropertyNotFoundException: Could not find a setter for property vacant in class com.mycomp.myclass…

Is there an annotation I can add to my isVacant() method to make Hibernate ignore it?

Answer 1

Add @Transient to the method then Hibernate should ignore it.

To quote the Hibernate Documentation:

Every non static non transient property (field or method depending on the access type) of an entity is considered persistent, unless you annotate it as @Transient.