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How to set a default entity property value with Hibernate

How do I set a default value in Hibernate field?

Solution

  • If you want a real database default value, use columnDefinition:

    @Column(name = "myColumn", nullable = false, columnDefinition = "int default 100")

    Notice that the string in columnDefinition is database dependent. Also if you choose this option, you have to use dynamic-insert, so Hibernate doesn't include columns with null values on insert. Otherwise talking about default is irrelevant.

    But if you don't want database default value, but simply a default value in your Java code, just initialize your variable like that - private Integer myColumn = 100;