Is there any way to specify the name of a @UniqueConstraint using annotations?

If not, may I implement it? Would it be possible to change the
javax.persistence.UniqueConstraint or should I add a org.hibernate.annotations variant?

Hi Sanne,

this is a known issue - http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-470.

You won't be able to change the javax.persistence version since it is the standard. Not sure if I like the idea of introducing a Hibernate specific annotation just for this purpose. Maybe it is worth checking JPA 2. One would hope they have fixed this problem there. Of course you would have to wait then until we implemented JPA 2 ;-)

--Hardy

thanks Hardy,
thanks for the reference.
I agree adding a new annotation only for this is messy, I'll avoid a new annotation.