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Bug 115181

Summary:	@Entity classes do not have to be persistent
Product:	javaee	Reporter:	alanbur <alanbur>
Component:	Persistence	Assignee:	Andrei Badea <abadea>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description alanbur 2007-09-10 19:52:13 UTC

If I remove 'implements Serializable' from a JPA entity class, I get a message in the error stripe saying 'An entity or
IdClass should implement the Serializable interface'  That is incorrect - an entity class doesn't have to be Serializable.

Comment 1 Tomasz Slota 2007-09-11 06:59:47 UTC

This message should be a suggestion to  follow best practices and implement Serializable so that the Entity class can be used as a data transfer object. We 
should probably change wording (possibly also in other warning messages) to make it clear

Comment 2 Dongmei Cao 2008-07-24 00:58:32 UTC

As commented by tslota, it is a warning/suggestion message telling you "should", not "must" or "have to".