@Enumerated

Mapping for an Enum property that uses either the ordinal value or the name value of the enum.

Note that there is some risk in using ORDINAL values in that the value is implied by the order of the values in the enum. That is, if a value is added into the middle of an Enum then that is a subtle change to the ordinal values. In this sense I personally don't recommend using ordinal values.

Example: Enum ORDINAL values

// defaults to using ORDINAL value
@Enumerated
Status status;

Example: Enum NAME values

@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
Status status;

Alternative: Ebean @DbEnumValue

An alternative to JPA standard @Enumerated is Ebean specific @DbEnumValue