How to use @PrePersist and @PreUpdate on Embeddable with JPA and Hibernate

Introduction In a previous article, I explained how you could audit entity modifications using the JPA @EntityListeners for embeddable types. Since Hibernate ORM 5.2.17 now allows you to use the @PrePersist and @PreUpdate JPA entity listeners, we can simplify the previous example, as you will see in this article.