Student student = new Student(); // id initialized to zero
student.setFirstName("Jeff");
student.setLastName("Miller");
student.setGraduationDate(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
table.insert(student); // sormula invokes student.setId() with next generated id
System.out.println("row inserted with id=" + student.getId());

row inserted with id=1001

CREATE TABLE student
(
 id INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY(START WITH 1001) PRIMARY KEY,
 firstname VARCHAR(30),
 lastname VARCHAR(30),
 graduationdate TIMESTAMP
)

public class Student
{
    @Column(identity=true)
    int id;
    String firstName;
    String lastName;
    LocalDate graduationDate;
    
    public int getId()
    {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(int id)
    {
        this.id = id;
    }
    
    firstName, lastName, and graduationDate getters/setters...
}