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Hibernate version: 3.2.3.ga

Name and version of the database you are using: HSQL

I have implemented a UserType which I intend to use on a String property.

However I ran into and issue where the nullSafeGet and the nullSafeSet methods get called only if the entity has an @Id field with the @GeneratedValue annotation.

here's how i use the type

class Identity {
@Id
private Long id;

@Type(type="x.x.XType")
private String name;
}

When i save the class mentioned above the nullSafeSet and the nullSafeGet method in XType does not get executed when i persist the object.

change it to

class Identity {
@Id
@GeneratedValue
private Long id;

@Type(type="x.x.XType")
private String name;
}
and it works fine

In the first case, what does happen when you persist? You won't be able to save an instance of that first class without assigning an ID.

-Chris

We set the id field ourselves.
In the code that we use the id field is a string called "code" we assign a value to this before saving.