#999 - @DiscriminatorColumn columnDefinition is ignored for DDL generation

src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/model/build/ModelBuildBeanVisitor.java

@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ public class ModelBuildBeanVisitor implements BeanVisitor {
     if (inheritInfo != null && inheritInfo.isRoot()) {
       // add the discriminator column
       String discColumn = inheritInfo.getDiscriminatorColumn();
-      DbPlatformType dbType = ctx.getDbTypeMap().get(inheritInfo.getDiscriminatorType());
-      String discDbType = dbType.renderType(inheritInfo.getDiscriminatorLength(), 0);
-
-      table.addColumn(new MColumn(discColumn, discDbType, true));
+      String columnDefn = inheritInfo.getColumnDefn();
+      if (columnDefn == null || columnDefn.isEmpty()) {
+        DbPlatformType dbType = ctx.getDbTypeMap().get(inheritInfo.getDiscriminatorType());
+        columnDefn = dbType.renderType(inheritInfo.getDiscriminatorLength(), 0);
+      }
+      table.addColumn(new MColumn(discColumn, columnDefn, true));
     }
 
     return new ModelBuildPropertyVisitor(ctx, table, descriptor);

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/InheritInfo.java

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class InheritInfo {
 
   private final int discriminatorLength;
 
+  private final String columnDefn;
+
   private final String where;
 
   private final Class<?> type;
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ public class InheritInfo {
 
     this.discriminatorType = deploy.getDiscriminatorType(parent);
     this.discriminatorLength = deploy.getDiscriminatorLength(parent);
+    this.columnDefn = deploy.getColumnDefn();
     this.where = InternString.intern(deploy.getWhere());
 
     if (r == null) {
@@ -164,14 +167,14 @@ public class InheritInfo {
   public BeanProperty[] localProperties() {
     return descriptor.propertiesLocal();
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Return the children.
    */
   public ArrayList<InheritInfo> getChildren() {
     return children;
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Get the bean property additionally looking in the sub types.
    */
@@ -342,6 +345,13 @@ public class InheritInfo {
     return discriminatorLength;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the explicit column definition.
+   */
+  public String getColumnDefn() {
+    return columnDefn;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the discriminator value for this node.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInherit.java

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class DeployInherit {
         info.setDiscriminatorType(Types.VARCHAR);
       }
       info.setDiscriminatorLength(da.length());
+      info.setColumnDefn(da.columnDefinition());
     }
 
     DiscriminatorValue dv = AnnotationBase.findAnnotation(cls, DiscriminatorValue.class);

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfo.java

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class DeployInheritInfo {
 
   private String discriminatorColumn;
 
+  private String columnDefn;
+
   private String discriminatorWhere;
 
   private final Class<?> type;
@@ -157,6 +159,20 @@ public class DeployInheritInfo {
     this.discriminatorType = discriminatorType;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set explicit column definition (ddl).
+   */
+  public void setColumnDefn(String columnDefn) {
+    this.columnDefn = columnDefn;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the explicit column definition.
+   */
+  public String getColumnDefn() {
+    return columnDefn;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the length of the discriminator column.
    */