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<h2 class="refsect1"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330099">@UuidGenerator</font></h2>
<p>Use <code>@UuidGenerator</code> to defines a primary key generator that may be referenced by name when a generator element is specified for the <code>@GeneratedValue</code> annotation. A UUID (universally unique identifier) generator may be specified on the entity class or on the primary key field or property.</p>
<p>The generator name is global to the persistence unit (that is, across all generator types).</p>
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<p><strong><br /><span class="refsubsect">Annotation Elements</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="#CFAIAHJG">Table 2-74</a> describes this annotation's elements.</p>
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<p><strong><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Table 2-74 @UuidGenerator Annotation Elements</font></em></strong></p>
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<p><code>name</code></p>
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<p>Name of the UUID generator, must be unique for the persistence unit</p>
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<p><strong><br /><span class="refsubsect">Examples</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="#CFADJAIF">Example 2-119</a> shows how to use this annotation.</p>
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<p><strong><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Example 2-119 Using @UuidGenerator Annotation</font></em></strong></p>
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@Entity
<strong>@UuidGenerator(name="EMP_ID_GEN")</strong>
public class Employee {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(generator="EMP_ID_GEN")
private String id;
}
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<p>You can also specify the <code>SessionCustomizer</code> and configure the named sequence in your <code>eclipselink-orm.xml</code> file, as shown in <a href="#CFAGEJHJ">Example 2-120</a>.</p>
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<p><strong><em><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Example 2-120 Using &lt;generated-value&gt; XML</font></em></strong></p>
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&lt;id name="id"&gt;
&lt;column name="PROJ_ID" /&gt;
&lt;<strong>generated-value</strong> generator="system-uuid"/&gt;
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<p>You can also specify the named sequence at the persistence unit level (in the <code>persistence.xml</code> file) as shown in <a href="#CFAJEEEJ">Example 2-121</a>.</p>
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&lt;property name="eclipselink.session.customizer" value="eclipselink.example.UUIDSequence"/&gt;
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<p>@Generated Value<br />
<code><a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA/Basic_JPA_Development/Entities/Ids/GeneratedValue">http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA/Basic_JPA_Development/Entities/Ids/GeneratedValue</a></code></p>
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