How to set a default entity property value with Hibernate

Question

How do I set a default value in Hibernate field?

Answer 1

i'am working with hibernate 5 and postgres, and this worked form me.

@Column(name = "ACCOUNT_TYPE", ***nullable***=false, columnDefinition="varchar2 default 'END_USER'")
@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
private AccountType accountType;