How do I override the GenerationType strategy using Hibernate/JPA annotations?

Question

I\'m considering using Annotations to define my Hibernate mappings but have run into a problem: I want to use a base entity class to define common fields (including the ID

Answer 1

If you put your annotations on the getter rather than the field, when you override the method in the subclass, the annotations placed there will be used rather than the ones in the superclass.