Hibernate 6 @Type annotation

Question

I upgraded to Springboot 3.0 and in my hibernate entity class has something like:

    @Column(columnDefinition = "jsonb", nullable = false, updatable = true, name = "accounts") 
    @Type(type = "jsonb")
    private ArrayList<Account> accounts;

But I'm getting the exception 'Cannot resolve method 'type' since upgrading to Springboot 3.0 and moving to Jakarta persistence.

I need a replacement for com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.json.JsonBinaryType;

Answer 1

I found the answer:

I had to use the lib:

<groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId> 
<artifactId>hibernate-types-60</artifactId> 

and in the entity:

    @Column(columnDefinition = "jsonb", nullable = false, updatable = true, name = "accounts") 
    @Type(JsonBinaryType.class)
    private ArrayList<Account> accounts;

Answer 2

In Hybernate 6, new features have been added like the SqlTypes.JSON. So, you could have "jsonb" in your field like this:

@JdbcTypeCode(SqlTypes.JSON)
@Column(columnDefinition = "jsonb") 
private ArrayList<Account> accounts;

Answer 3

In Hibernate 6, the mapping annotations are much more typesafe. You're usually required to specify Class references instead of stringly-typed names.

Answer 4

If you want to model JSON, I would suggest you to use @JdbcTypeCode(SqlTypes.JSON) which is how you model JSON with plain Hibernate ORM Core. Also see https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/6.1/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_User_Guide.html#basic-mapping-json