The user guide states the following (highlighting added by me): A version or timestamp property can never be null for a detached instance. Hibernate detects any instance with a null version or timestamp as transient, regardless of other unsaved-value strategies that you specify. Declaring a nullab…

Question about optimistic locking/documentation

beikov February 1, 2023, 3:15pm 5

Would you thus agree that having a non-nullable version column and a nullable Java type in the entity (like Integer) would be the best way to go?

Yes

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