JPA generate partial unique key - postgresql

Question

I have a table with 3 columns
UUID - A UUID that is the primary key of the table
ID - A human readable ID of the resource (for a new resource, the ID should be automatically generated by a sequence)
Version - A version number
I am using JPA.
The table can contain multiple records with the same "human readable" ID and different versions.
I would like to be able to insert a new record without specifying the ID: the database should generate the ID automatically.
At the same time, when I need to insert a new version of the same resource, I would like to be able to insert a new row specifying the ID.
I have created a table where the UUID is the primary key, ID is defined as "integer generated by default as identity" and version is just an integer.
Using SQL query I can do what I want, but I do not know how to do it using JPA.
If I define the column as:
#Column(name="ID", insertable = false, updatable = false, nullable = false)
I can insert new records but the ID is always generated as new even if the resource already has one because the insert does not include the column.
If I define the column as:
#Column(name="ID", insertable = true, updatable = false, nullable = false)
The insert include the column and I am able to insert new rows specifying the ID but I cannot insert a row without the ID because the SQL generated is passing a null value for that column.
UPDATE
I have modified the configuration adding the annotation #Generated:
#Generated(value = GenerationTime.INSERT)
#Column(name="ID", updatable = false, nullable = false)
private Integer id;
With this, I am having the same problem: if I pass a value for id, the database is still generating a new one.

Answer 1

You can try to use #DynamicInsert annotation.
Assuming that you have the following table:
create table TST_MY_DATA
(
dt_id uuid,
dt_auto_id integer generated by default as identity,
dt_version integer,
primary key(dt_id)
);
Appropriate entity will look like this:
#Entity
#Table(name = "TST_MY_DATA")
#DynamicInsert
public class TestData
{
#Id
#GeneratedValue
#Column(name = "dt_id")
private UUID id;
// Unfortunately you cannot use #Generated annotation here,
// otherwise this column will be always absent in hibernate generated insert query
// #Generated(value = GenerationTime.INSERT)
#Column(name = "dt_auto_id")
private Long humanReadableId;
#Version
#Column(name = "dt_version")
private Long version;
// getters/setters
}
and then you can persist entities:
TestData test1 = new TestData();
session.persist(test1);
TestData test2 = new TestData();
test2.setHumanReadableId(27L);
session.persist(test2);
session.flush();
// here test1.getHumanReadableId() is null
/*
* You can use session.refresh(entity) only after session.flush() otherwise you will have:
* org.hibernate.UnresolvableObjectException: No row with the given identifier exists:
* [this instance does not yet exist as a row in the database#ff09c202-cd17-4d4a-baea-057e475fabb9]
**/
session.refresh(test1);
// here you can use the test1.getHumanReadableId() value fetched from DB