Hibernate: Add a property in my class that is not mapped to a db-table

Question

I have a table tbl_sky that has 2 properties name and model and I would use Hibernate annotation like;

@Entity @Table(name="tbl_sky") public class Sky implements Serializable {     private String name;     private String model;     private String status;      @Id     public String getName() {         return name;     } . . . 

But I need to add one more property status that does not exist in the table but is needed in the class. How could I declare that property so that I have it in my class but not in my db-table?

All help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Use @Transient annotation for field you are not going to store in DB:

@Transient public String getStatus() {     return status; } 

or:

@Transient private String status; 

Answer 2

Mark it as @Transient, and it won't be part of the DB schema.