Why is @Entity recommended in production Java applications?

It guarantees immutability, prevents NullPointerExceptions, and simplifies unit testing with Mockito without starting slow test servers.

@Entity

Marks class as persistent JPA Entity.

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3D Architecture Visualizer

Maps Java class to relational database table.