"Java Persistence API, 4.3" wrote : For every persistent ?eld or get accessor method (for a persistent property) of the entity class, there is a ?eld (?state-?eld?) whose abstract schema type corresponds to that of the ?eld or the result type of the accessor method. | "JPA, 4.9" wrote : orderby_clause ::= ORDER BY orderby_item {, orderby_item}* | orderby_item ::= state_?eld_path_expression [ASC | DESC] "JPA, 2.1.1" wrote : All non-transient instance variables that are not annotated with the Transient annotation are persistent. Take make a long story short: no. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4085993#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...