I'd like to apply JPA in the following (simplified) database:
NODE AUTHORITY
----- ----------
idNode int idAuthorities int
nameNode varchar(50) person varchar(255)
idAuthorities int rank int
PRIMARY KEY (idNode) PRIMARY KEY (idAuthorities, rank)
FOREIGN KEY (idAuthorites)
So one node can have multiple authorities and one authority can be referenced by multiple nodes.
And I wanted my classes to look like:
#Entity
#Table(name="NODE")
public class Node {
private Integer id;
private String nameNode;
private Set<Authority> authorities;
// ... getter and setter normaly annoted for "id" and "nameNode"
#ManyToMany
public Set<Authority> getAuthorities(){
return authorities;
}
// ... setter ...
}
#Entity
#Table(name="AUTHORITY")
public class Authority {
private AuthorityPK pk;
private String person;
privat Set<Node> nodes;
// ... getter and setter normaly annoted for "person"
#Id
public AuthorityPK getPk(){
return this.pk
}
// ... setter ...
#ManyToMany
public Set<Node> getNodes(){
return nodes;
}
// ... setter ...
}
#Embeddable
public class AuthorityPK implements Serializable {
private Integer idAuthorities;
private Integer rankAuthorities;
// override of equals and hashCode
}
But the annotation "#ManyToMany" seems to be usable only with "#JoinTable", which isn't usable (as far as I understand) in that case.
Does anyone know if there is a way arroud beside modifying the database?
JPA does not allow this as it requires foreign keys to reference the full primary key for identity purposes, and it might not work well with caching. If you can, I would recommend switching to a more traditional model using a relation table that uses the actual primary keys.
If your provider allows mapping partial pks (I believe Hibernate does), what you would do is make two 1:M mappings each using a JoinColumn instead of JoinTable, but mark the one on Node->Authority as insertable=false, updatable=false
For example, something like:
public class Node {
#Id
private Integer id;
private String nameNode;
#OneToMany
#JoinColumn(name = "idAuthorites", referencedColumnName = "idAuthorites", insertable=false, updatable=false)
private Set<Authority> authorities;
...
public class Authority {
#Id
private AuthorityPK pk;
private String person;
#OneToMany
#JoinColumn(name = "idAuthorites", referencedColumnName = "idAuthorites")
private Set<Node> nodes;
...
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I've seen a lot of similar questions asked about this but haven't found a solution that fixes the problem I'm seeing, so apologies up front if this is a redundant question. In my situation I have various types of entities and they're each going to have their own tag associations. So I want a generic Tag class that won't have it's own id, but rather an id / composite key made of the id of the entity it's tagging, plus the tag type. To (attempt to) achieve this I made an #Embeddable id class:
#Embeddable
public class TagId implements Serializable {
#Column(columnDefinition = "BINARY(16)")
private UUID parentId;
private String value;
// Getters, setters...
}
That Id is in turn used by a #MappedSuperclass:
#MappedSuperClass
public class Tag {
#EmbeddedId
private TagId id;
// Other attributes, getters, setters...
}
... and then when I want to tag a specific entity, for example using a BookTag, the table would have a book_id column as a foreign key to a Book table taking the place of parentId :
#Entity
#Table(name = "book_tag")
#AttributeOverride(name = "parentId", column = #Column(name = "book_id"))
public class BookTag extends Tag {
// other attributes, getters, setters...
}
Then finally, I have a Book entity:
#Entity
#Table(name = "book")
public class Book {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
#Column(columnDefinition = "Binary(16)")
private UUID id;
// other attributes, getters, setters...
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "id.parentId")
private List<BookTag> tags;
}
When I then try to save a new Book, with a populated BookTag collection, using a Spring Data JPA repository to repo.save(book), my desired behavior is that the Book is saved, then the id is copied to the BookTag objects, and those are saved. Unfortunately, what I'm seeing in the log is that Book is inserted as expected, then the inserts for the Tag objects are run, but book_id is being bound as null for each of the entries.
I've tried a few other approaches:
#JoinColumn instead of mappedBy
#MapsId with a #ManyToOne reference to Book on BookTag
#GeneratedValue on parentId
None worked, but it is possible my syntax was off. Thanks in advance for anyone who knows how to tackle this problem.
To anyone who wants to do something similar, I finally found a solution that meets my criteria.
TagId was modified to this:
#Embeddable
public class TagId<T> implements Serializable {
#ManyToOne
private T taggedEntity;
private String value;
// Getters, setters...
}
...which leads to a slight modification to Tag...
#MappedSuperClass
public class Tag<T> {
#EmbeddedId
private TagId id;
// Other attributes, getters, setters...
}
...and then BookTag...
#Entity
#Table(name = "book_tag")
public class BookTag extends Tag<Book> {
// other attributes, getters, setters...
}
...and finally Book:
#Entity
#Table(name = "book")
public class Book {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
#Column(columnDefinition = "Binary(16)")
private UUID id;
// other attributes, getters, setters...
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "id.taggedEntity")
private List<BookTag> tags;
}
Now I can add 1...* BookTags to a Book, and in turn I have to set the Book on all the BookTags, but then it's one call to bookRepository.save() and everything cascades down. It would have been nicer to just do it with an id, but a generic is flexible enough. I'll just have it implement an interface so that toString/hashCode/equals can call getId on parent.
The only other drawback is I couldn't get #AttributeOverride to work, so while I'd prefer that my BookTag table have a book_id column, tagged_entity_id will have to suffice.
I have entity classes like this structure:
Class Parent {
#EmbededId
private ParentId id;
#OneToMany(fetch=FetchType.LAZY, cascade=CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy="parentDetails")
private List<Child> childDetails;
...
}
#Embeddable
Class ParentId {
private Integer pid1;
private Integer pid2;
private Integer pid3;
...
}
Class Child {
#EmbededId
private ChildId id;
#ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY, cascade=CascadeType.ALL)
#JoinColumns({
#JoinColumn(name="C_ID1" referencedColumnName="P_ID1")
#JoinColumn(name="C_ID2" referencedColumnName="P_ID2")
)}
private Parent parentDetails;
...
}
#Embeddable
Class ChildId {
private Integer cid1;
private Integer cid2;
private date cid3; // its a totally different field
...
}
I don't have any relationship with pid3 and cid3 as they are different. If I go with above design I am getting below error:
org.hibernate.AnnotationException: referencedColumnNames(P_ID1, P_ID2) of Child.parentDetails referencing Parent not mapped to a single property
If I comment pid3 then it works. So does that mean that I can't refer part of composite key as join columns? Is there any solution for it? I can't make changes to tables as they are legacy.
I have the following table in the DB:
material (id_mat, name, initial_weight, cargo_number, exp_date, left_amount)
I had to add an additional table, which shows constructions that were built using the materials from material table. Here how it looks:
material_construction (mat_id, construction_number)
I then created an entity class called MatConstructionMapping for the table material_construction:
#Entity(name = "material_construction")
public class MatConstructionMapping implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1739614249257235075L;
#Id
#OneToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "mat_id", referencedColumnName = "id_mat", insertable=false, updatable=false)
private Material mat;
#Column(name="construction_number")
private Integer number;
public Integer getConNumber() {
return number;
}
}
And, added following getter in the Materialentity:
#OneToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "mat_id")
public MatConstructionMapping getMaterialConstructionNumber() {
return conNumber;
}
The issue is that, when I am retrieving the conNumber for any materials, its always null, however there are the values in the DB. What am I doing wrong?
you cannot have JoinColumn at both sides, #JoinColumn should be at the owning entity which you can define in any side in one to one relation, the other side should have mappedBy attribute to indicate the reverse relation, say for example MatConstructionMapping is the owning entity, then you should edit your Material
#OneToOne(mappedBy="mat")
public MatConstructionMapping getMaterialConstructionNumber() {
return conNumber;
}
I have an Evaluation entity that has an associated list of EvaluationEvaluator. I need to explicitly create that entity because it required an extra column "STATUS". Before I continue evaluation. I do: evaluation.setEvaluationEvaluator(listEvaluator) where listEvaluator is a list of EvaluationEvaluator type. Then persist(evaluation). When I run this, it does not throw any kind of exception. But in the database, it inserts in the Evaluation table, and not inserted into the EvaluationEvaluator table.
Below my Evaluation entity.
#Entity
public class Evaluation implements Serializable{
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
//MORE FIELDS
#OneToMany(mappedBy="evaluation")
private List<EvaluationEvaluator> evaluators;
//CONSTRUCTORS
//GETTER AND SETTERS
}
This is my EvalutionEvaluator Entity:
#Entity
#Table(name= "EVALUATION_EVALUATOR")
#IdClass(EvaluationEvaluatorId.class)
public class EvaluationEvaluator implements Serializable{
#Id
#Column(name="EMPLOYEE_ID", insertable=false , updatable=false)
private Long EmployeeID;
#Id
#Column(name="EVALUATION_ID", insertable=false, updatable=false)
private Long EvaluationID;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name"EMPLOYEE_ID")
private Employee employee;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name"EVALUATION_ID")
private Evaluation evaluation;
#NotNull
private String status;
//CONSTRUCTORS
//GETTER AND SETTERS
}
This is my EvaluationEvaluatorId class
public class EvaluationEvaluatorId implements Serializable{
private Long employeeID;
private Long evaluationID;
//CONSTRUCTOR
//GETTER AND SETTERS
}
And finally, this is my EvaluationBean class
#Stateful
#Named
#LocalBean
#ConversationScoped
public class EvaluationBean {
#PersistentContext(type= PersistenceContextType.EXTENDED)
private EntityManager em;
#Inject
Conversation conversation;
private Evaluation evaluation;
//IN MY WEBPAGE I IMPLEMENT PRIMEFACES PICKLIST AND IT REQUIRE DUALIST TO HANDLE
private DualListModel<Employe> evaluators;
private EvaluationEvaluator evaluationEvaluator;
private List<EvaluationEvaluator> listEvaluators;
#Inject
private EmployeeList employeeList;
//GETTER AND SETTERS
public String begin(){
if (conversation.isTransient()){
converstaion.begin();
}
evaluationEvaluator = new EvaluationEvaluator();
listEvaluators = new ArrayList<EvaluationEvaluator>();
evaluation = new Evaluation();
List<Employee> source = employeeList.findAll();
target = new ArrayList<Employee>();
evaluators = new DualListModel<Employee>(source, target);
return "/evalution/evaluationAsig.xhtml"
}
public String save(){
Iterator<Employee> iterator = evaluators.getTarget().iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()){
EvaluationEvaluator ev = new EvaluationEvaluator();
ev.setEmployee(iterator.next());
listEvaluators.add(ev);
}
evalution.setEvaluationEvaluators(listEvaluators);
if(evaluation.getId()==null){
em.persist(evalution);
} else{
em.merge(evalution);
}
if(!conversation.isTransient()){
convesation.end();
}
return "/evalution/evaluationsAsig.xhtml"
}
}
When I debug my application,apparently everything is correct, but I mentioned above, doesn't persist in EvaluationEvaluator table.
Your #OneToMany association is missing cascading configuration.
Add cascade = CascadeType.ALL or cascade = {CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.MERGE} to the #OneToMany annotation. JPA assumes no cascading by default so you would need to persist each EvaluationEvaluator by yourself explicitely otherwise.
UPDATE
There is another thing wrong with the code - the Ids of EvaluationEvaluators are never assigned. You have a complex key made of two Long columns. Both are marked not insertable nor updatable which tells to JPA that the id is going to be somehow generated on database level and it should not care about it. There is however no sequence configured explicitely in your entity (although it is not necessarily required) and also from your comment:
I did what you recommended but it throws the following exception. "A different object with same identifier was already associated with the session"
I assume that this is not the case and both id column values default to null or zero and are same for all EvaluationEvaluators you are trying to persist. If you'd like the database to generate the id for you automatically use #GeneratedValue - Configure JPA to let PostgreSQL generate the primary key value - here you can find explanation how to do this (the database part is database dependent, this is for PostgreSQL). The most common use case however, is to configure the sequence but let hibernate pick the next value, instructions here - Hibernate sequence on oracle, #GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
I'm trying to map two objects to each other using a ManyToMany association, but for some reason when I use the mappedBy property, hibernate seems to be getting confused about exactly what I am mapping. The only odd thing about my mapping here is that the association is not done on a primary key field in one of the entries (the field is unique though).
The tables are:
Sequence (
id NUMBER,
reference VARCHAR,
)
Project (
id NUMBER
)
Sequence_Project (
proj_id number references Project(id),
reference varchar references Sequence(reference)
)
The objects look like (annotations are on the getter, put them on fields to condense a bit):
class Sequence {
#Id
private int id;
private String reference;
#ManyToMany(mappedBy="sequences")
private List<Project> projects;
}
And the owning side:
class Project {
#Id
private int id;
#ManyToMany
#JoinTable(name="sequence_project",
joinColumns=#JoinColumn(name="id"),
inverseJoinColumns=#JoinColumn(name="reference",
referencedColumnName="reference"))
private List<Sequence> sequences;
}
This fails with a MappingException:
property-ref [_test_local_entities_Project_sequences] not found on entity [test.local.entities.Project]
It seems to weirdly prepend the fully qualified class name, divided by underscores. How can I avoid this from happening?
EDIT:
I played around with this a bit more. Changing the name of the mappedBy property throws a different exception, namely:
org.hibernate.AnnotationException: mappedBy reference an unknown target entity property: test.local.entities.Project.sequences
So the annotation is processing correctly, but somehow the property reference isn't correctly added to Hibernate's internal configuration.
I have done the same scenario proposed by your question. And, as expected, i get the same exception. Just as complementary task, i have done the same scenario but with one-to-many many-to-one by using a non-primary key as joined column such as reference. I get now
SecondaryTable JoinColumn cannot reference a non primary key
Well, can it be a bug ??? Well, yes (and your workaround works fine (+1)). If you want to use a non-primary key as primary key, you must make sure it is unique. Maybe it explains why Hibernate does not allow to use non-primary key as primary key (Unaware users can get unexpected behaviors).
If you want to use the same mapping, You can split your #ManyToMany relationship into #OneToMany-ManyToOne By using encapsulation, you do not need to worry about your joined class
Project
#Entity
public class Project implements Serializable {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Integer id;
#OneToMany(mappedBy="project")
private List<ProjectSequence> projectSequenceList = new ArrayList<ProjectSequence>();
#Transient
private List<Sequence> sequenceList = null;
// getters and setters
public void addSequence(Sequence sequence) {
projectSequenceList.add(new ProjectSequence(new ProjectSequence.ProjectSequenceId(id, sequence.getReference())));
}
public List<Sequence> getSequenceList() {
if(sequenceList != null)
return sequenceList;
sequenceList = new ArrayList<Sequence>();
for (ProjectSequence projectSequence : projectSequenceList)
sequenceList.add(projectSequence.getSequence());
return sequenceList;
}
}
Sequence
#Entity
public class Sequence implements Serializable {
#Id
private Integer id;
private String reference;
#OneToMany(mappedBy="sequence")
private List<ProjectSequence> projectSequenceList = new ArrayList<ProjectSequence>();
#Transient
private List<Project> projectList = null;
// getters and setters
public void addProject(Project project) {
projectSequenceList.add(new ProjectSequence(new ProjectSequence.ProjectSequenceId(project.getId(), reference)));
}
public List<Project> getProjectList() {
if(projectList != null)
return projectList;
projectList = new ArrayList<Project>();
for (ProjectSequence projectSequence : projectSequenceList)
projectList.add(projectSequence.getProject());
return projectList;
}
}
ProjectSequence
#Entity
public class ProjectSequence {
#EmbeddedId
private ProjectSequenceId projectSequenceId;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name="ID", insertable=false, updatable=false)
private Project project;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name="REFERENCE", referencedColumnName="REFERENCE", insertable=false, updatable=false)
private Sequence sequence;
public ProjectSequence() {}
public ProjectSequence(ProjectSequenceId projectSequenceId) {
this.projectSequenceId = projectSequenceId;
}
// getters and setters
#Embeddable
public static class ProjectSequenceId implements Serializable {
#Column(name="ID", updatable=false)
private Integer projectId;
#Column(name="REFERENCE", updatable=false)
private String reference;
public ProjectSequenceId() {}
public ProjectSequenceId(Integer projectId, String reference) {
this.projectId = projectId;
this.reference = reference;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(Object o) {
if (!(o instanceof ProjectSequenceId))
return false;
final ProjectSequenceId other = (ProjectSequenceId) o;
return new EqualsBuilder().append(getProjectId(), other.getProjectId())
.append(getReference(), other.getReference())
.isEquals();
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
return new HashCodeBuilder().append(getProjectId())
.append(getReference())
.hashCode();
}
}
}
I finally figured it out, more or less. I think this is basically a hibernate bug.
edit: I tried to fix it by changing the owning side of the association:
class Sequence {
#Id
private int id;
private String reference;
#ManyToMany
#JoinTable(name="sequence_project",
inverseJoinColumns=#JoinColumn(name="id"),
joinColumns=#JoinColumn(name="reference",
referencedColumnName="reference"))
private List<Project> projects;
}
class Project {
#Id
private int id;
#ManyToMany(mappedBy="projects")
private List<Sequence> sequences;
}
This worked but caused problems elsewhere (see comment). So I gave up and modeled the association as an entity with many-to-one associations in Sequence and Project. I think this is at the very least a documentation/fault handling bug (the exception isn't very pertinent, and the failure mode is just wrong) and will try to report it to the Hibernate devs.
IMHO what you are trying to achieve is not possible with JPA/Hibernate annotations. Unfortunately, the APIDoc of JoinTable is a bit unclear here, but all the examples I found use primary keys when mapping join tables.
We had the same issue like you in a project where we also could not change the legacy database schema. The only viable option there was to dump Hibernate and use MyBatis (http://www.mybatis.org) where you have the full flexibility of native SQL to express more complex join conditions.
I run into this problem a dozen times now and the only workaround i found is doing the configuration of the #JoinTable twice with swapped columns on the other side of the relation:
class Sequence {
#Id
private int id;
private String reference;
#ManyToMany
#JoinTable(
name = "sequence_project",
joinColumns = #JoinColumn(name="reference", referencedColumnName="reference"),
inverseJoinColumns = #JoinColumn(name="id")
)
private List<Project> projects;
}
class Project {
#Id
private int id;
#ManyToMany
#JoinTable(
name = "sequence_project",
joinColumns = #JoinColumn(name="id"),
inverseJoinColumns = #JoinColumn(name="reference", referencedColumnName="reference")
)
private List<Sequence> sequences;
}
I did not yet tried it with a column different from the primary key.