How to use @ElementCollection in JPA Entity

#jpa #hibernate #elementcollection #mapping

@ElementCollection provides a concise way to map a collection of Embeddable entities or basic types without declaring an intermediate entity with a single field. JPA Buddy allows creating such entity fields visually.

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