ModifiedByValueGenerator.java

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package org.hibernate.brmeyer.demo;

import java.util.UUID;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.tuple.ValueGenerator;

/**
 * @author Brett Meyer
 */
public class ModifiedByValueGenerator implements ValueGenerator<String> {

	@Override
	public String generateValue(Session session, Object entity) {
		// Would normally hook into a service to get the current user, etc.
		// Including UUID to show generation ALWAYS happening.
		return "Brett" + " " + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
	}
}