docs say @Enumerated(STRING), should be @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-605 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-605 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Bug Components: documentation Reporter: Anatol as stated in the summary: http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/annotations/reference/en/html_single/ has an example with enums, using @Enumerated(STRING) , which does not work. Correct syntax: @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira