# JPA/Hibernate 5 meta attributes

**URL:** <https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/jpa-hibernate-5-meta-attributes/3713>\
**Category:** Hibernate ORM\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/jpa-hibernate-5-meta-attributes/3713 "2020-02-07T17:40:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Calculas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Calculas](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/Calculas)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/jpa-hibernate-5-meta-attributes/3713/1 "2020-02-07T17:40:58Z")

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With hbm.xml you could specify meta attributes for a property, e.g.:

```auto
<property name="foo" type="string" not-null="false">
  <meta attribute="foo.bar.baz"/>
  <column name="fubar" not-null="false"/>
</property>

```

What is the equivalent with JPA annotations?

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**Author:** ![Calculas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Calculas](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/Calculas)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/jpa-hibernate-5-meta-attributes/3713/2 "2020-02-24T02:02:36Z")

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Unfortunately no responses yet … anyone have any ideas please?