ColumnValues.applyColumnValues tests presence of uniqueValue but reads nameValue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6541 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6541 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: annotations Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Beta4 Environment: 4.0.0.Beta4, postgresql 9 Reporter: Erik Bertelsen In https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-core/blob/master/hibernate-core/sr... in the method applyColumnValues, the following lines are present: AnnotationValue nameValue = columnAnnotation.value( "name" ); if ( nameValue != null ) { this.name = nameValue.asString(); } AnnotationValue uniqueValue = columnAnnotation.value( "unique" ); if ( uniqueValue != null ) { this.unique = nameValue.asBoolean(); } Note that this.unique is set from nameValue.asBoolean instead of the intended uniqueValue.asBoolean. This causes an IlleArgumentException (unless nameValue happens to be a valid boolean value). Only uniqueValue seems to be affected, the remaining properties look ok. Suggested fix: replace 'this.unique = nameValue.asBoolean();' by 'this.unique = uniqueValue.asBoolean();' Consequence of this bug: It is not possible to annotate a property of an entity class by: @Column(name = "someName", unique = true) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira