Package org.javers.core.metamodel.annotation

Annotation Interface ShallowReference

@Target({TYPE,METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ShallowReference

Use ShallowReference to mark certain Entities as compared only by Id.

When ShallowReference is enabled for a given Entity, all its properties (except idProperty) are ignored.

ShallowReference annotation can be used both globally, on the class-level, for example:

 @ShallowReference
 class Entity {
     @Id String id;
     ...
  }
 

and locally, on the property-level, for example:

 class Entity {
     @Id String id;
     ...
  }

  class AnotherEntity {
       @Id String id;
       @ShallowReference Entity shallowReference;
       @ShallowReference List<Entity> shallowReferences;
       Entity regularReference;
       ...
  }