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Hibernate version: 3.2.2.ga annon, 3.2.1.ga

I need to override the @javax.persistence.TableGenerator implementation in Hibernate. Because I have a leagacy system that needs to have the valueColumnName to contain the last value used and not the next value to be used.

is there a convenient way? I looked at the AnnotationBinder but it is a little to complex to understand easily.

No you'll have to write a custom generator (mainly a copy paste of the TableHiLoGenerator), and use @GenericGenerator

Thanks!