hibernate-demo/soft-delete/src/main/java/com/ankurm/softdelete/SoftBase.java

package com.ankurm.softdelete;

import jakarta.persistence.*;
import org.hibernate.annotations.SoftDelete;
import org.hibernate.annotations.SoftDeleteType;

/** One place to say "soft delete" for a family of entities. */
@MappedSuperclass
@SoftDelete(strategy = SoftDeleteType.TIMESTAMP, columnName = "deleted_at")
public abstract class SoftBase {
    @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    public Long getId() { return id; }
}