Reuse a composite key for a child + a new field - postgresql

Question

I use spring boot, with jpa (hibernate) and postgresql
I use composite key.
#Entity
#IdClass(SamplingsPK.class)
#Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
public class Samplings {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Integer id;
#Id
private int year;
#OneToMany(mappedBy = "sampling", cascade = CascadeType.ALL, orphanRemoval = true)
private List<Samples> samples = new ArrayList<>();
...
}
public class SamplingsPK implements Serializable {
private Integer id;
private int year;
public SamplingsPK(Integer id, int year) {
this.id = id;
this.year=year;
}
private SamplingsPK(){
}
#PrePersist
public void prePersist() {
year = LocalDate.now().getYear();
}
}
#Entity
public class Samples {
#Id
#SequenceGenerator(name = "samples_id_seq", sequenceName = "samples_id_seq", allocationSize = 1)
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "samples_id_seq")
private Integer id;
private String sampleLetter;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumns({
#JoinColumn(name = "sampling_id", referencedColumnName = "id"),
#JoinColumn(name = "sampling_year", referencedColumnName = "year")
})
private Samplings sampling;
}
That work fine
Instead of having an sequence in samples, I would like to have a composite key... SamplingsPK + sampleLetter.
Is it possible to do it, how to save a sample?

Answer 1

This is a "derived identity", so Samples could be mapped with an #IdClass like this:
#Entity
#IdClass(SamplesPK.class)
public class Samples {
#Id
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumns({
#JoinColumn(name = "sampling_id", referencedColumnName = "id"),
#JoinColumn(name = "sampling_year", referencedColumnName = "year")
})
private Samplings sampling;
#Id
private String sampleLetter;
}
public class SamplesPK {
SamplingsPK sampling; // matches name of attribute and type of Samplings PK
String sampleLetter; // matches name and type of attribute
}
Derived identities are discussed (with examples) in the JPA 2.2 spec in section 2.4.1.