Introduction

The Hibernate Types repository gives you extra types that are not supported by the Hibernate ORM core.

Features

• Jackson JsonNode
• Any Java object to String or Binary JSON column mapping
• PostgreSQL ARRAY mapping
• Java Enum to PostgreSQL Enum Type
• Character to nullable CHAR column
• ImmutableType utiility to simplify UserType implementations

Installation

Depending on the Hibernate version you are using, you need to following dependency:

Hibernate 5.2

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-types-52</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

Hibernate 5.1 and 5.0

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-types-5</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

Hibernate 4.3

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-types-43</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

Hibernate 4.2 and 4.1

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-types-4</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

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Requirements

• Java 1.6 or above. Same as the Hibernate ORM version you are using.
• SLF4J