truncation of data in entity bean

[cesar_takaide]

Hello again.
I'm trying to use a entity bean to maintain a table, but i want to truncate data if it's longer than column's table definition. The annotation i'm using in the entity bean is :
@Column(name = "descripcion", length=100)
private String descripcion;

In theory, Jboss should truncate the data to 100 characters if longer, but it didnt. Jboss isnt truncating anything. I dont know if the attribute of length must be used for that, for size limitations or is intended for another thing.
Thank you very much for your help.

[nitros]

Would it not be better if you use a setter method to truncate the data if longer than 100?

[mars1412]

Usually you don't want to just truncate data.
I'd recommend to use @Length(max=100) (then you don't need length=100 in the @Column annotation) - this way you could easily validate the input data.