Author: adamw Date: 2009-11-24 10:36:49 -0500 (Tue, 24 Nov 2009) New Revision: 18033 Modified: core/trunk/documentation/envers/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/revisionlog.xml Log: HHH-4540: - updating docs Modified: core/trunk/documentation/envers/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/revisionlog.xml =================================================================== --- core/trunk/documentation/envers/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/revisionlog.xml 2009-11-24 15:21:10 UTC (rev 18032) +++ core/trunk/documentation/envers/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/revisionlog.xml 2009-11-24 15:36:49 UTC (rev 18033) @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - a long-valued property, annotated with <literal>@RevisionTimestamp</literal>. Value of + a long- or j.u.Date- valued property, annotated with <literal>@RevisionTimestamp</literal>. Value of this property will be automatically set by Envers. </para> </listitem> @@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ </para> <para> + When using a <literal>Date</literal>, instead of a <literal>long/Long</literal> for the revision timestamp, + take care not to use a mapping of the property which will loose precision (for example, using + <literal>@Temporal(DATE)</literal> is wrong, as it doesn't store the time information, so many of your + revisions will appear to happen at exactly the same time). A good choice is a + <literal>@Temporal(TIMESTAMP)</literal>. + </para> + + <para> To fill the entity with additional data, you'll need to implement the <literal>org.jboss.envers.RevisionListener</literal> interface. Its newRevision method will be called when a new revision is created, before persisting the revision entity.