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

Lots of good advice here, but I just wanted to add something I didn't see yet:

Regardless of the solution you choose, don't forget to add a big fat warning at the top of your enum class saying which should be used. Hopefully other developers will see you've done this and use the same method for saving the enum.