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# Constructor Properties

If you override the constructor in your ORM entity, then make sure that you call the super.init() with the optional arguments below:

|                  |         |       |                                  |                                                                                                                                               |
| ---------------- | ------- | ----- | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| queryCacheRegion | string  | false | *#entityName#.activeEntityCache* | The name of the secondary cache region to use when doing queries via this class                                                               |
| useQueryCaching  | boolean | false | false                            | The bit that tells the class to enable query caching, disabled by default                                                                     |
| useTransactions  | boolean | false | true                             | The bit that enables automatic hibernate transactions on all save, saveAll, update, delete methods                                            |
| eventHandling    | boolean | false | true                             | The bit that enables event handling via the ORM Event handler such as interceptions when new entities get created, saved, enabled by default. |
| defaultAsQuery   | boolean | false | true                             | The bit that determines the default return value for list(), createCriteriaQuery() and executeQuery() as query or array                       |

```javascript
component persistent="true" table="your_table" extends="coldbox.system.orm.hibernate.ActiveEntity"{

    function init(){

        setCreatedDate( now() );

        super.init(useQueryCaching=true);

        return this;
    }

}
```


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