@Configuration
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class PasswordEncoderConfig {

    @Bean
    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
    }

}

@Entity
@Table(name = "USER")
public abstract class UserTable implements Serializable {

    @Inject
    private PasswordEncoder encoder;

    // other fields

Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: Could not determine type for: org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder, at table: USER, for columns: [org.hibernate.mapping.Column(encoder)]