How to set a default entity property value with Hibernate

Question

How do I set a default value in Hibernate field?

Answer 1

what about just setting a default value for the field?

private String _foo = "default";

//property here
public String Foo

if they pass a value, then it will be overwritten, otherwise, you have a default.

Answer 2

You can use the java class constructor to set the default values. For example:

public class Entity implements Serializable{
 private Double field1
 private Integer field2;
 private T fieldN;

 public Entity(){
  this.field1=0.0;
  this.field2=0;
  ...
  this.fieldN= <your default value>
 }

 //Setters and Getters
...

}

Answer 3

Working with Oracle, I was trying to insert a default value for an Enum

I found the following to work the best.

@Column(nullable = false)
@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
private EnumType myProperty = EnumType.DEFAULT_VALUE;

Answer 4

<property name="age" type="integer">
<column name="age" not-null="false" default="null" />
</property>

Answer 5

i'am working with hibernate 5 and postgres, and this worked form me.

@Column(name = "ACCOUNT_TYPE", ***nullable***=false, columnDefinition="varchar2 default 'END_USER'")
@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
private AccountType accountType;