Since Hibernate has more features on named queries than the one defined in the EJB3 specification, @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery, @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQueries, @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQuery and @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQueries have been introduced. They add some attributes to the standard version and can be used as a replacement:
flushMode: define the query flush mode (Always, Auto, Commit or Never)
cacheable: whether the query should be cached or not
cacheRegion: cache region used if the query is cached
fetchSize: JDBC statement fetch size for this query
timeout: query time out
callable: for native queries only, to be set to true for stored procedures
comment: if comments are activated, the comment seen when the query is sent to the database.
cacheMode: Cache interaction mode (get, ignore, normal, put or refresh)
readOnly: whether or not the elements retrievent from the query are in read only mode.
Those hints can be set in a standard @javax.persistence.NamedQuery annotations through the detyped @QueryHint. Another key advantage is the ability to set those annotations at a package level.