For giggles, what happens if you add a constructor and set the value in
there? Also, what version of OpenJPA are you on?
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:11 PM, James Carman
<jcar...@carmanconsulting.com>wrote:
> The specification has:
>
> /**
> * Return the id of the entity.
> * A generated id is not guaranteed to be available until after * the
> database insert has occurred.
> * Returns null if the entity does not yet have an id.
> * @param entity entity instance
> * @return id of the entity
> * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the
> * to be an entity
> */
>
> public Object getIdentifier(Object entity);
>
>
> So, the only time it's supposed to return null is when the entity does not
> have an id. Am I reading that correctly?
>
> On Feb 19, 2013, at 2:45 PM, James Carman <jcar...@carmanconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm having an issue where the getIdentifier() method is returning null
> on an entity with the id set. I have a class like this:
> >
> > @MappedSuperclass
> > public class UuidEntity
> > {
> > @Id
> > private String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
> >
> > }
> >
> > My entities *always* have an id value. Shouldn't getIdentifier() always
> return the value of the "id" field?
> >
>
>
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*Rick Curtis*
