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Annotation Type GeneratedValue</H2>
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<DT><PRE><FONT SIZE="-1">@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
</FONT>public @interface <B>GeneratedValue</B></DL>
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Provides for the specification of generation strategies for the
values of primary keys.
<p> The <code>GeneratedValue</code> annotation
may be applied to a primary key property or field of an entity or
mapped superclass in conjunction with the <A HREF="../../javax/persistence/Id.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>Id</CODE></A> annotation.
The use of the <code>GeneratedValue</code> annotation is only
required to be supported for simple primary keys. Use of the
<code>GeneratedValue</code> annotation is not supported for derived
primary keys.
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Example 1:
&#064;Id
&#064;GeneratedValue(strategy=SEQUENCE, generator="CUST_SEQ")
&#064;Column(name="CUST_ID")
public Long getId() { return id; }
Example 2:
&#064;Id
&#064;GeneratedValue(strategy=TABLE, generator="CUST_GEN")
&#064;Column(name="CUST_ID")
Long id;
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<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../javax/persistence/Id.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>Id</CODE></A>,
<A HREF="../../javax/persistence/TableGenerator.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>TableGenerator</CODE></A>,
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Optional) The name of the primary key generator
to use as specified in the <A HREF="../../javax/persistence/SequenceGenerator.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>SequenceGenerator</CODE></A>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../javax/persistence/GenerationType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">GenerationType</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../javax/persistence/GeneratedValue.html#strategy()">strategy</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Optional) The primary key generation strategy
that the persistence provider must use to
generate the annotated entity primary key.</TD>
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strategy</H3>
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public abstract <A HREF="../../javax/persistence/GenerationType.html" title="enum in javax.persistence">GenerationType</A> <B>strategy</B></PRE>
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<DD>(Optional) The primary key generation strategy
that the persistence provider must use to
generate the annotated entity primary key.
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<DT><B>Default:</B><DD>javax.persistence.GenerationType.AUTO</DD>
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generator</H3>
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public abstract java.lang.String <B>generator</B></PRE>
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<DD>(Optional) The name of the primary key generator
to use as specified in the <A HREF="../../javax/persistence/SequenceGenerator.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>SequenceGenerator</CODE></A>
or <A HREF="../../javax/persistence/TableGenerator.html" title="annotation in javax.persistence"><CODE>TableGenerator</CODE></A> annotation.
<p> Defaults to the id generator supplied by persistence provider.
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