How to use the PostgreSQLEnumType with both PostgreSQL and H2?

Is there any way to allow PostgreSQLEnumType to work with a h2 database as well?

I use h2 in testing, where the regular @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING) works fine, however, it doesn’t work for the postgres database I use in production.

Your PostgreSQLEnumType works great for postgres, but doesn’t work for h2.

Is there anything you suggest for this use case?

Many thanks!

[Cytriox]

Better with :

public class MyPostgreSQLEnumType extends PostgreSQLEnumType {

    private static final String H2_DIALECT = "org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect";

    @Override
    public void nullSafeSet(final PreparedStatement st, final Object value, final int index,
            final SharedSessionContractImplementor session) throws SQLException {

        // H2 database compatibility
        if (H2_DIALECT.equals(session.getFactory().getJdbcServices().getDialect().toString())) {
            st.setObject(index, value != null ? ((Enum<?>) value).name() : null, Types.VARCHAR);
        } else {
            super.nullSafeSet(st, value, index, session);
        }
    }

}

Have fun

[vladmihalcea]

Schema validation happens in Hibernate ORM. This library provides extra Types. It does not change Hibernate ORM source code.

Anyway, if you use Hibernate column definition or hbm2ddl, you are doing it all wrong as you should have used something like Flyway instead.