Hibernate metamodel generator (typesafe, @StaticMetamodel, annotation processor)

Maven pom dependency:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-jpamodelgen -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.2.Final</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

What is it about?

JPA 2 defines a typesafe Criteria API which allows Criteria queries to be constructed in a strongly-typed manner, utilizing so called static metamodel classes. For developers it is important that the task of the metamodel generation can be automated. Hibernate Static Metamodel Generator is an annotation processor based on JSR_269 with the task of creating JPA 2 static metamodel classes.

source: JPA Static Metamodel Generator - jboss.org

TODO: Practical example with UserEntity class.

See also:

• Hibernate Jpamodelgen Relocation » 5.5.2.Final - mvnrepository.com
• JPA Static Metamodel Generator - jboss.org
• Hibernate Metamodel Generator - hibernate.org