[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (ANN-691) Allow @GeneratedValue-like feature on the TYPE level

Allow @GeneratedValue-like feature on the TYPE level ---------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-691 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-691 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 3.3.0.ga Reporter: Paul Benedict I have a generic hierarchy annotated as a @MappedSuperclass and a generic getId() method annotated as @Id. I use generics to specify the type, but I do not want to specify the generation strategy until the subclass. Since @GeneratedValue can only be applied to a FIELD or METHOD, there is no way to say it in Hibernate at the class level, which I think is a valuable extension. Since there can only be one ID per class, it makes sense allowing a look-a-like annotation at the TYPE level too.