when I use enums it just saves the instance name i.e. USD not
TradeCurrency.USD I believe it stores the enum.getName() call.
> From googling and a quick scan of the mailing list archives, it looks as if
> I can't map java.util.Currency directly to a database column using pure JPA.
>
> Unless anyone can tell me I'm wrong, I'm thinking of doing it with my own
> enum of the currencies that my app uses and map it with
>
> <enumerated>
>
> Then the question becomes: what would be more future-compatible - ORDINAL
> or STRING?
>
> I assume STRING because java.util.Currency has no ordinal, but if I use
> STRING, won't JPA save the String TradedCurrency.USD or TradedCurrency.EUR
> instead of just USD or EUR?
>
>
> Thanks
> Adam
>
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