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4 Options To Generate Primary Keys: Generationtype - Auto

There are 4 primary key generation strategies in JPA: AUTO, IDENTITY, SEQUENCE, and TABLE. AUTO lets the persistence provider choose the strategy. IDENTITY relies on auto-incremented columns but prevents optimizations. SEQUENCE uses database sequences and is the preferred approach. TABLE simulates sequences using a database table but requires pessimistic locking.

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4 Options To Generate Primary Keys: Generationtype - Auto

There are 4 primary key generation strategies in JPA: AUTO, IDENTITY, SEQUENCE, and TABLE. AUTO lets the persistence provider choose the strategy. IDENTITY relies on auto-incremented columns but prevents optimizations. SEQUENCE uses database sequences and is the preferred approach. TABLE simulates sequences using a database table but requires pessimistic locking.

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How to generate primary keys

4 options to generate primary keys


The JPA specification supports 4 different primary key generation
strategies which generate the primary key values programmatically
or use database features, like auto-incremented columns or
sequences.

GenerationType.AUTO
The GenerationType.AUTO is the default generation type and lets the
persistence provider choose the generation strategy.

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
@Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
private Long id;

GenerationType.IDENTITY
The GenerationType.IDENTITY is easiest to use but not the best one
from a performance point of view. It relies on an auto-incremented
database column and lets the database generate a new value with
each insert operation.
It requires Hibernate to perform the insert statement immediately
and prevents it from using other performance optimization
techniques.

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
private Long id;

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How to generate primary keys
GenerationType.SEQUENCE
The GenerationType.SEQUENCE is my preferred way to generate
primary key values and uses a database sequence to generate unique
values.
You can use the @SequenceGenerator annotation to define the name
and schema of the database sequence, the allocation size and the
incremental size of the sequence.

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE,
generator = "book_generator")
@SequenceGenerator(name="book_generator",
sequenceName = "book_seq",
initialValue=100, allocationSize=50)
@Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
private Long id;

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How to generate primary keys
GenerationType.TABLE
The GenerationType.TABLE simulates a sequence by storing and
updating its current value in a database table which requires the use
of pessimistic.
You should use GenerationType.SEQUENCE, if it’s supported by your
database.
The @TableGenerator annotation is similar to the
@SequenceGenerator annotation and you can use it to define
database table Hibernate shall use for the generator.

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.TABLE,
generator = "book_generator")
@TableGenerator(name="book_generator",
table="id_generator",
schema="bookstore")
@Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
private Long id;

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