Article class:
package net.devmanuals.model;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.persistence.Temporal;
    @Entity
    @Table(name = "imei")
    public class Article {
    @Id
        @Column(name = "imei1",nullable = false)
    private Long imeiNo;
        @Column(name = "date_added")
    @Temporal(javax.persistence.TemporalType.DATE)
    private Date addedDate;
    public Article() {      
    }
        public Long getimei1() {
        return imeiNo;
    }
    public void setimei1(Long imei1) {
        this.imeiNo = imeiNo;
    }
        public Date getAddedDate() {
        return addedDate;
    }
    public void setAddedDate(Date addedDate) {
        this.addedDate = addedDate;
    }   
}
ArticleController class:
package net.devmanuals.controller;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import net.devmanuals.model.Article;
import net.devmanuals.service.ArticleService;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/articles")
public class ArticleController {
    @Autowired
    private ArticleService articleService;
    @RequestMapping(value = "/save", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public ModelAndView saveArticle(@ModelAttribute(" article") Article  article,
            BindingResult result) {
         articleService.addArticle( article);
        return new ModelAndView("redirect:/articles.html");
    }
    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView listArticles() {
    Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        model.put("articles",  articleService.listArticles());
        return new ModelAndView("articlesList", model);
    }
    @RequestMapping(value = "/add", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView addArticle(@ModelAttribute("article") Article article,
            BindingResult result) {
        return new ModelAndView("addArticle");
    }
}
Article service:
package net.devmanuals.service;
import java.util.List;
import net.devmanuals.model.Article;
public interface ArticleService {
    public void addArticle(Article article);
    public List<Article> listArticles();
}
This Error comes when saving data,(But no error while displaying data):
exception
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested 
exception is org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerationException: ids for this class must be manually assigned before calling save(): net.devmanuals.model.Article
    root cause
 org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerationException: ids for this class must be manually assigned before calling save(): net.devmanuals.model.Article
 
     
     
    