Store JSON as a field in PostgreSQL with Spring Data JPA

Question

I want to have a specific table with two columns, an ID and a field in which I'll store a JSON object. And I'm using Spring Data JPA.

I'm thinking of something in this line, but I'm not sure:

@Entity
@Table(name = "some_table")
public class SomeTable {

    @Id
    @Column(name = "id", unique = true)
    @GenericGenerator(name = "uuid", strategy = "uuid2")
    @GeneratedValue(generator = "uuid")
    private UUID id;

    // getters and setters for id here..

    // here to be the field for storing JSON objects and it's getters and setters
}

Answer 1

The answer depends on what version of PostgreSQL you are using. If you are using 9.1, check out https://bitbucket.org/adunstan/json_91 which gives you the same functionality you'd get in 9.2. If it is an older version you are going to have to go with text or backport that module.