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Persisting inner entities, Spring Jpa

If there is an entity object inside the entity
Accepts the value of the internal entity object including id from the outside (Controller)
After granting persistence, save the outside entity.
public class IssueCommentService {
public IssueComment toEntity(Long id){
return repository.findById(id).orElseThrow(NoContentFromRequestException::new);
}
public IssueComment toEntity(IssueComment notPersistIssueComment){
if (Objects.isNull(notPersistIssueComment.getId())) {
throw new CanNotBecomeEntityException();
}
return toEntity(notPersistIssueComment.getId());
}
}
public class IssueCommentController {
#PatchMapping(value = "")
public ResponseEntity<IssueComment> updateCommentIssueComment(#RequestBody IssueComment issueComment) {
String updateComment = issueComment.getComment();
IssueComment entityIssueComment = issueCommentService.toEntity(issueComment);
issueCommentService.updateComment(entityIssueComment, updateComment);
return new ResponseEntity<>(issueCommentService.toEntity(entityIssueComment), HttpStatus.OK);
}
}
At this time, the internal entity containing the id is persistently repeated.
What is a good way to handle it all at once?
Should the inner object be persistent every time?
Thank you for the answer in advance.

just inner object cascadeType default

How can I update cache with CachePut?

My #Cacheable method has next signature:
#Component
public class UpcomingFilter implements Filter<Entity> {
#Cacheable(value = {"upcoming"})
#Override
public List<Entity> filter(int limit) {
//retrieve from repository
}
}
This filter use the reporisoty, take limit as parameter for pagination and return List of Entities.
I'm trying to update cache when add Entity to the system:
#CachePut(value={"upcoming", "popular", "recentlyAdded", "recommendations", "thisWeek", "topRated"})
public Entity addEntity(RequestDto dto, User user) {
//do work, create and save entity to repository
return entity;
}
But after adding new entity to the system it is not updated. Filters returns old values.
I saw examples, where for CachePut and Cacheable the word 'key' is used, but how can I add
#Cacheable(key="#entity.id")
to the Filter signature ?
UPDATE
Tried to add my key:
#CachePut(value={"upcoming","popular", "recentlyAdded", "recommendations", "thisWeek", "topRated"},
key = "#root.target.FILTER_KEY", condition = "#result != null")
public Entity addEntity(RequestDto dto, User user) {
//do work, create and save entity to repository
return entity;
}
and also add key to #Cacheable:
public static final String FILTER_KEY = "filterKey";
#Cacheable(value = {"recentlyAdded"}, key = "#root.target.FILTER_KEY")
#Override
public List<Entity> filter(int limit) {
and than I get
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.java.domain.Entity cannot be cast to
java.util.List

Instead #CachePut the #CacheEvict should be used.
It works for me:
#CacheEvict(value={"upcoming", "popular", "recentlyAdded", "recommendations", "thisWeek", "topRated"},
allEntries = true, condition = "#result != null")
public Entity addEntity(RequestDto dto, User user) {
//do work, create and save entity to repository
return entity;
}

Hibernate EntityManager keeps old data

I have Java EE application with Hibernate. I want to implement a feature that every minute updates one of existing rows in database. I have following classes:
#Singleton
#Startup
public class TimerRunnerImpl implements TimerRunner {
#EJB
private WorkProcessor workProcessor;
private String jobId;
#Timeout
#AccessTimeout(value = 90, unit = TimeUnit.MINUTES)
#TransactionAttribute(value = TransactionAttributeType.NEVER)
public void doProcessing(Timer timer) {
jobId = workProcessor.doWork(jobId);
}
//other methods: startTimer, etc
}
#Stateless
public class WorkProcessorImpl implements WorkProcessor {
#EJB
private MyEntityDao myEntityDao;
#TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
#Override
public String doWork(String jobId) {
if (jobId == null) {
MyEntity myEntity = myEntityDao.oldestEntityToProcess();
String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
myEntity.setJobId(uuid);
myEntityDao.update(myEntity); // this invokes merge()
return uuid;
} else {
// line below can never find entity, although there is one in DB
MyEntity myEntity = myEntityDao.findByJobId(jobId);
myEntity.setSomeProperty("someValue");
// some other updates
myEntityDao.update(myEntity); // this invokes merge()
return jobId;
}
}
}
First run of doWork updates MyEntity with job ID. This is being persisted into database - I can query it manually from SQLDeveloper. Second run always fails to find entity by job ID. In case I try to retrieve it by entity_id in debug mode, the object retrieved from Entity Manager has job id with previous value.
This is not cache problem, I have tried on each run to evict all cache at the beginning and results are identical.
As far as I understand, transaction is around workProcessor.doWork(jobId). I find confirmation of this by the fact that when this method returns I can see changes in DB. But why does EntityManager keeps my unmodified object and returns it when I query for it?

hibernate findbyid causes update?

I faced with a very strange behavior in my web app with spring 3 and hibernate-core 3.5.1-Final.
For simplicity i provide my code..
if(ripid!=null){ //Parameter
Appuntamento apDaRip = appuntamentoService.findById(ripid);
if(apDaRip.getIdpadre()!=null){
apDaRip.setNota("RIPROGRAMMATO n."+ripid.toString()+"\n"+apDaRip.getNota());
apDaRip.setIdpadre(apDaRip.getIdpadre());
}else{
apDaRip.setNota("RIPROGRAMMATO n."+ripid.toString()+"\n"+apDaRip.getNota());
apDaRip.setIdpadre(ripid);
}
try{
apDaRip.setOrarioinizio(null);
apDaRip.setDurata(null);
//apDaRip.setIdappuntamento(null);
}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
map.put("appuntamento", apDaRip);
}
di = datiintranetService.findById(DatiintranetService.PASS_X_INTERVENTI);
map.put("passinterventi", di.getBoolean());
The idea behind is to use some data of an object "Appuntamento" for produce a new one.
So i'm going to change some value and before send the object to my view (jsp) i fetch other data by calling findbyid. This cause an update to the Appuntamento object... Off course i don't want this behavior. Someone can have an explanation of this?
Edit-1
Here's the Dao
#Transactional
public class DatiintranetService {
private DatiintranetDAO datiintranetDAO;
public void setDatiintranetDAO(DatiintranetDAO datiintranetDAO) {
this.datiintranetDAO = datiintranetDAO;
}
public DatiintranetDAO getDatiintranetDAO() {
return datiintranetDAO;
}
public Datiintranet findById(Integer id) {
return datiintranetDAO.findById(id);
}
}
and For Appuntamento class I provide to you a snapshot
#Entity
#Table(name = "appuntamento", schema = "public")
public class Appuntamento implements java.io.Serializable {
#Id
#SequenceGenerator(name="appuntamentoID", sequenceName="appuntamento_idappuntamento_seq",allocationSize =1)
#GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator="appuntamentoID")
#Column(name = "idappuntamento", unique = true, nullable = false)
public Integer getIdappuntamento() {
return this.idappuntamento;
}
}
Edit-2
IF i move thoese two row above the if statement no update occur.
di = datiintranetService.findById(DatiintranetService.PASS_X_INTERVENTI);
map.put("passinterventi", di.getBoolean());

If you query for an entity and change the entity, the default behavior is to persist those changes via an update to the database. This is usually what you want to happen, but obviously not in all cases.
If you want to avoid the update, you need to detach the entity by calling session.evict(apDaRip) where session is a reference to the hibernate session (see Session.evict()). You probably want to evict the entity right after you get it (immediately following the call to findById).

How to get old entity value in #HandleBeforeSave event to determine if a property is changed or not?

I'm trying to get the old entity in a #HandleBeforeSave event.
#Component
#RepositoryEventHandler(Customer.class)
public class CustomerEventHandler {
private CustomerRepository customerRepository;
#Autowired
public CustomerEventHandler(CustomerRepository customerRepository) {
this.customerRepository = customerRepository;
}
#HandleBeforeSave
public void handleBeforeSave(Customer customer) {
System.out.println("handleBeforeSave :: customer.id = " + customer.getId());
System.out.println("handleBeforeSave :: new customer.name = " + customer.getName());
Customer old = customerRepository.findOne(customer.getId());
System.out.println("handleBeforeSave :: new customer.name = " + customer.getName());
System.out.println("handleBeforeSave :: old customer.name = " + old.getName());
}
}
In the event I try to get the old entity using the findOne method but this return the new event. Probably because of Hibernate/Repository caching in the current session.
Is there a way to get the old entity?
I need this to determine if a given property is changed or not. In case the property is changes I need to perform some action.

If using Hibernate, you could simply detach the new version from the session and load the old version:
#RepositoryEventHandler
#Component
public class PersonEventHandler {
#PersistenceContext
private EntityManager entityManager;
#HandleBeforeSave
public void handlePersonSave(Person newPerson) {
entityManager.detach(newPerson);
Person currentPerson = personRepository.findOne(newPerson.getId());
if (!newPerson.getName().equals(currentPerson.getName)) {
//react on name change
}
}
}

Thanks Marcel Overdijk, for creating the ticket -> https://jira.spring.io/browse/DATAREST-373
I saw the other workarounds for this issue and want to contribute my workaround as well, cause I think it´s quite simple to implement.
First, set a transient flag in your domain model (e.g. Account):
#JsonIgnore
#Transient
private boolean passwordReset;
#JsonIgnore
public boolean isPasswordReset() {
return passwordReset;
}
#JsonProperty
public void setPasswordReset(boolean passwordReset) {
this.passwordReset = passwordReset;
}
Second, check the flag in your EventHandler:
#Component
#RepositoryEventHandler
public class AccountRepositoryEventHandler {
#Resource
private PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
#HandleBeforeSave
public void onResetPassword(Account account) {
if (account.isPasswordReset()) {
account.setPassword(encodePassword(account.getPassword()));
}
}
private String encodePassword(String plainPassword) {
return passwordEncoder.encode(plainPassword);
}
}
Note: For this solution you need to send an additionally resetPassword = true parameter!
For me, I´m sending a HTTP PATCH to my resource endpoint with the following request payload:
{
"passwordReset": true,
"password": "someNewSecurePassword"
}

You're currently using a spring-data abstraction over hibernate.
If the find returns the new values, spring-data has apparently already attached the object to the hibernate session.
I think you have three options:
Fetch the object in a separate session/transaction before the current season is flushed. This is awkward and requires very subtle configuration.
Fetch the previous version before spring attached the new object. This is quite doable. You could do it in the service layer before handing the object to the repository. You can, however not save an object too an hibernate session when another infect with the same type and id it's known to our. Use merge or evict in that case.
Use a lower level hibernate interceptor as described here. As you see the onFlushDirty has both values as parameters. Take note though, that hibernate normally does not query for previous state of you simply save an already persisted entity. In stead a simple update is issued in the db (no select). You can force the select by configuring select-before-update on your entity.

Create following and extend your entities with it:
#MappedSuperclass
public class OEntity<T> {
#Transient
T originalObj;
#Transient
public T getOriginalObj(){
return this.originalObj;
}
#PostLoad
public void onLoad(){
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
String serialized = mapper.writeValueAsString(this);
this.originalObj = (T) mapper.readValue(serialized, this.getClass());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

I had exactly this need and resolved adding a transient field to the entity to keep the old value, and modifying the setter method to store the previous value in the transient field.
Since json deserializing uses setter methods to map rest data to the entity, in the RepositoryEventHandler I will check the transient field to track changes.
#Column(name="STATUS")
private FundStatus status;
#JsonIgnore
private transient FundStatus oldStatus;
public FundStatus getStatus() {
return status;
}
public FundStatus getOldStatus() {
return this.oldStatus;
}
public void setStatus(FundStatus status) {
this.oldStatus = this.status;
this.status = status;
}
from application logs:
2017-11-23 10:17:56,715 CompartmentRepositoryEventHandler - beforeSave begin
CompartmentEntity [status=ACTIVE, oldStatus=CREATED]

Spring Data Rest can't and likely won't ever be able to do this due to where the events are fired from. If you're using Hibernate you can use Hibernate spi events and event listeners to do this, you can implement PreUpdateEventListener and then register your class with the EventListenerRegistry in the sessionFactory. I created a small spring library to handle all of the setup for you.
https://github.com/teastman/spring-data-hibernate-event
If you're using Spring Boot, the gist of it works like this, add the dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.teastman</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-hibernate-event</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
Then add the annotation #HibernateEventListener to any method where the first parameter is the entity you want to listen to, and the second parameter is the Hibernate event that you want to listen for. I've also added the static util function getPropertyIndex to more easily get access to the specific property you want to check, but you can also just look at the raw Hibernate event.
#HibernateEventListener
public void onUpdate(MyEntity entity, PreUpdateEvent event) {
int index = getPropertyIndex(event, "name");
if (event.getOldState()[index] != event.getState()[index]) {
// The name changed.
}
}

Just another solution using model:
public class Customer {
#JsonIgnore
private String name;
#JsonIgnore
#Transient
private String newName;
public void setName(String name){
this.name = name;
}
#JsonProperty("name")
public void setNewName(String newName){
this.newName = newName;
}
#JsonProperty
public void getName(String name){
return name;
}
public void getNewName(String newName){
return newName;
}
}
Alternative to consider. Might be reasonable if you need some special handling for this use-case then treat it separately. Do not allow direct property writing on the object. Create a separate endpoint with a custom controller to rename customer.
Example request:
POST /customers/{id}/identity
{
"name": "New name"
}

I had the same problem, but I wanted the old entity available in the save(S entity) method of a REST repository implementation (Spring Data REST).
What I did was to load the old entity using a 'clean' entity manager from which I create my QueryDSL query:
#Override
#Transactional
public <S extends Entity> S save(S entity) {
EntityManager cleanEM = entityManager.getEntityManagerFactory().createEntityManager();
JPAQuery<AccessControl> query = new JPAQuery<AccessControl>(cleanEM);
//here do what I need with the query which can retrieve all old values
cleanEM.close();
return super.save(entity);
}

The following worked for me. Without starting a new thread the hibernate session will provide the already updated version. Starting another thread is a way to have a separate JPA session.
#PreUpdate
Thread.start {
if (entity instanceof MyEntity) {
entity.previous = myEntityCrudRepository.findById(entity?.id).get()
}
}.join()
Just let me know if anybody would like more context.

Don't know if you're still after an answer, and this is probably a bit 'hacky', but you could form a query with an EntityManager and fetch the object that way ...
#Autowired
EntityManager em;
#HandleBeforeSave
public void handleBeforeSave(Customer obj) {
Query q = em.createQuery("SELECT a FROM CustomerRepository a WHERE a.id=" + obj.getId());
Customer ret = q.getSingleResult();
// ret should contain the 'before' object...
}