Add Hibernate 7 batches 2-6, batch 7, and batch 8: mapping styles, JPA annotations, natural IDs, @Immutable, stored procedures, in-memory test databases, JNDI mocking, proxies, associations, temporal mapping, named queries, HQL, Criteria API, EntityManager bootstrapping, Ehcache 3 L2 cache configuration, HikariCP connection pooling, Hibernate Validator CDI integration, aggregate functions, sorting, pagination, interceptors, and Hibernate Search 8 (Hibernate 7.4.5.Final + Spring Boot 4.1.1 + JDK 25)

src/main/java/com/ankurm/hibernatedemo/model/WidgetSequence.java

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+package com.ankurm.hibernatedemo.model;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
+
+/**
+ * Insert-scenario twin of {@link WidgetIdentity}. Docs: docs/03-inserting-objects.md.
+ *
+ * <p>{@code allocationSize} matches {@code hibernate.jdbc.batch_size} in
+ * {@code application-insert-sequence.yml} on purpose: a mismatched allocation size is its own
+ * classic footgun (extra round trips to refill the sequence pool mid-batch) and not one this
+ * repo is trying to demonstrate here.
+ */
+@Entity
+public class WidgetSequence {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "widget_seq")
+    @SequenceGenerator(name = "widget_seq", sequenceName = "widget_seq", allocationSize = 25)
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    protected WidgetSequence() {
+        // JPA
+    }
+
+    public WidgetSequence(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+}