Create the perfect JPA entity [closed]

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The JPA 2.0 Specification states that:

  • The entity class must have a no-arg constructor. It may have other constructors as well. The no-arg constructor must be public or protected.
  • The entity class must a be top-level class. An enum or interface must not be
    designated as an entity.
  • The entity class must not be final. No methods or persistent instance variables of the entity class may be final.
  • If an entity instance is to be passed by value as a detached object (e.g., through a remote interface), the entity class must implement the Serializable interface.
  • Both abstract and concrete classes can be entities. Entities may extend non-entity classes as well as entity classes, and non-entity classes may extend entity classes.

The specification contains no requirements about the implementation of equals and hashCode methods for entities, only for primary key classes and map keys as far as I know.

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