title: Mapping MySQL JSON column to hibernate value type
body: <p>What is the best practice for working with JSON column within Java code? Specifically I am interested in being able to save &amp; query JSON columns in a MySQL DB using hibernate..</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Entity
  public class MyEntity {
  
      private String myField; // this field is a json column
  
      public MyEntity() {
      }
  }
  </code></pre>