com.something.SuperClass:
@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.TABLE_PER_CLASS)
public abstract class SuperClass implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -695503064509648117L;
long confirmationCode;
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO) // Causes exception!!!
public long getConfirmationCode() {
return confirmationCode;
}
public void setConfirmationCode(long confirmationCode) {
this.confirmationCode = confirmationCode;
}
}
com.something.SubClass:
@Entity
public abstract class Subclass extends SuperClass {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8623159397061057722L;
String name;
@Column(nullable = false)
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}
Gives me this exception:
Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: Cannot use identity column key
generation with <union-subclass> mapping for: com.something.SuperClass
What's the best and most convenient way for me to generate the ID's? I do not want to change my inheritance strategy.
The problem here is that you mix "table-per-class" inheritance and GenerationType.Auto
.
Consider an identity column in MsSQL. It is column based. In a "table-per-class" strategy you use one table per class and each one has an ID.
Try:
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.TABLE)