Support Postgres9.2 JSON data type

Description

Postgres Supports a new data-type for JSON data. This datatype is different from text because postgres will guarantee that the data is actually JSON and can perform queries on the data structure.

Environment

Hibernate 4.3
Postgres 9.2+

Status

Assignee

Steve Ebersole

Reporter

Mark Robinson

Fix versions

5.0.0.Beta1

6.0.0-legacy (disregard)

Labels

postgresql

backPortable

None

Suitable for new contributors

Yes, likely

Requires Release Note

Affirmative

Pull Request

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/pull/717

backportDecision

None

Affects versions

4.3.5

Priority

Minor