Mapping enum to string in hibernate

Question

I\'ve got a Category Hibernate model:

@Entity
@Table(name = \"category\")
public class Category {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
             


        

Answer 1

Yes, is possible. It should be:

@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
@Column(name = "category_type")
private CategoryType categoryType;

Answer 2

The accepted answer is not sufficient for PostgreSQL. I attach the implementation that worked for me:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/64021041/5279996