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Hibernate mapping a composite key with null values

With Hibernate, can you create a composite ID where one of the columns you are mapping to the ID can have null values?

This is to deal with a legacy table that has a unique key which can have null values but no primary key.

I realise that I could just add a new primary key column to the table, but I'm wondering if there's any way to avoid doing this.

Solution

  • No. Primary keys can not be null.