I have this situation where I need to increment a non primary key column upon insert of every new record. This column is not a primary key. However it has unique constraint. How can I use Hibernate Annotations to accomplish auto increment of this particular column? I know it can be done quite easily for primary keys, but I want exactly same thing to be done for a non primary key column (meaning without using @Id annotation?)
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Best Answer
As far as I can see, you can use the Hibernate specific annotation
@Generated
. Your field would look something like this:You can read the different types of strategies here.
I'm 90% sure that should work. If it doesn't then let me know.