JPA Enum ORDINAL vs STRING

Question

It\'s possible to define enumerations in JPA using either

@Enumerated(EnumType.ORDINAL)

or

@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
         


        

Answer 1

It depends on your application, if there are more chances that you will add more enums use the String type, if there are more chances that you will change the name of your enums use Ordinal.