Bypass GeneratedValue in Hibernate (merge data not in db?)

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Another implementation, way simpler.

This one works with both annotation-based or xml-based configuration: it rely on hibernate meta-data to get the id value for the object. Replace SequenceGenerator by IdentityGenerator (or any other generator) depending on your configuration. (The creation of a decorator instead of subclassing, passing the decorated ID generator as a parameter to this generator, is left as an exercise to the reader).

public class UseExistingOrGenerateIdGenerator extends SequenceGenerator {
    @Override
    public Serializable generate(SessionImplementor session, Object object)
                        throws HibernateException {
        Serializable id = session.getEntityPersister(null, object)
                      .getClassMetadata().getIdentifier(object, session);
        return id != null ? id : super.generate(session, object);
    }
}

Answer to the exercise (using a decorator pattern, as requested), not really tested:

public class UseExistingOrGenerateIdGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator, Configurable {

    private IdentifierGenerator defaultGenerator;

    @Override
    public void configure(Type type, Properties params, Dialect d) 
                        throws MappingException;
        // For example: take a class name and create an instance
        this.defaultGenerator = buildGeneratorFromParams(
                params.getProperty("default"));
    }

    @Override
    public Serializable generate(SessionImplementor session, Object object)
                        throws HibernateException {
        Serializable id = session.getEntityPersister(null, object)
                      .getClassMetadata().getIdentifier(object, session);
        return id != null ? id : defaultGenerator.generate(session, object);
    }
}

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