[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Closed: (HBX-1034) Need a way to have a "native-if-not-assigned" IdentifierGenerator

Need a way to have a "native-if-not-assigned" IdentifierGenerator ----------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HBX-1034 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-1034 Project: Hibernate Tools Issue Type: New Feature Reporter: Paul Shemansky Attachments: hibernate-native-or-assigned-patch.diff Original Estimate: 10 minutes Remaining Estimate: 10 minutes NOTE: I believe I have explored every documented possibility in achieving the desired functionality. If I have misused Hibernate, the forum, or Google, I humbly apologize and stand to be corrected. With that being said, I believe this may be desired: -------------------------------------------------------------------- By setting the Hibernate configuration's primary key column to use a "native" implementation, Hibernate ALWAYS generates the entity's id when a save() is being called. There is no way to "override" the generated id. The attached patch creates an IdentityGenerator which allows a programmer to override the "generated" id, with an "assigned" id at runtime simply by setting the primary key property. The patch also changes the IdentifierGeneratorFactory to allow the short-name selection of the generator via a configuration file. Furthermore, the English documentation is patched to describe the generator, accordingly. Possibly related issues and reference material: The documentation does not seem to provide a solution for a native-if-not-assigned generator; you seem to only have one, or the other: http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/reference/en/html/mapping.html#mapping-... A scenario which describes a typical use case that warrants the proposed new feature: http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?t=982560&highlight=native+id...