java ee - Order of persisted list field on JPA -

it's feasible jpa 2.x persist list-typed field below,

@elementcollection private list<string> list; 

does jpa 2.x further prescribe retain order of elements in persisted list after queried?

how returned dependent on database unless there order field in table. see http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/java_persistence/relationships#order_column_.28jpa_2.0.29 on ordercolumn annotation