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bidirectional onetomany on spring boot and hibernate, best way to save

I have 2 entities:
#Data
#Entity
#EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true)
#Table(name = "source_company")
public class SourceCompany {
#Id
#EqualsAndHashCode.Include
private UUID id;
private String name;
#OneToMany( mappedBy = "company")
private final Set<SourceUser> users = new HashSet<>();
#Column(name = "version")
#Version
private Long version;
}
#Data
#Entity
#EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true)
#Table(name = "source_user")
public class SourceUser {
#Id
#EqualsAndHashCode.Include
private UUID id;
private String name;
#Column(name = "version")
#Version
private Long version;
//ref
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "fk_source_company")
private SourceCompany company;
}
Is it correct to save in this way (only 2 save)?
#Test
public void testSourceUserSave() {
SourceCompany sourceCompany= new SourceCompany();
sourceCompany.setName("xxx");
sourceCompany.setId(UUID.fromString("2bf05cbc-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
SourceUser sourceUser= new SourceUser();
sourceUser.setName("dev-team");
sourceUser.setId(UUID.fromString("4bede7a0-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
sourceUser.setCompany(sourceCompany);
sourceCompany.getUsers().add(sourceUser);
sourceCompanyRepository.save(sourceCompany);
sourceUserRepository.save(sourceUser);
assertNotNull(sourceUser);
assertEquals(sourceUser.getCompany().getId(), sourceCompany.getId());
assertEquals(sourceCompany.getUsers().stream().findFirst().get().getId(), sourceUser.getId());
}
or I need to save the user (without company) and the company (without user) and after that to update the user with a save and the company (without save because is not the owner) like this (3 save):
#Test
public void testSourceUserSave() {
SourceCompany sourceCompany= new SourceCompany();
sourceCompany.setName("xxx");
sourceCompany.setId(UUID.fromString("2bf05cbc-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
SourceUser sourceUser= new SourceUser();
sourceUser.setName("dev-team");
sourceUser.setId(UUID.fromString("4bede7a0-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
sourceUserRepository.save(sourceUser);
sourceCompanyRepository.save(sourceCompany);
sourceUser.setCompany(sourceCompany);
sourceCompany.getUsers().add(sourceUser);
sourceUserRepository.save(sourceUser);
assertNotNull(sourceUser);
assertEquals(sourceUser.getCompany().getId(), sourceCompany.getId());
assertEquals(sourceCompany.getUsers().stream().findFirst().get().getId(), sourceUser.getId());
}
It seems, looking in the db, that the first way works, so in future can I update only the owner side (I mean update and save) and so can I update the not-owner side only in the object without save it again?
Thanks in advance

You usually tend to save only one of the objects. This can be done adding the
#ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
to the mapping annotation. This makes sure that the nested entities get persisted too
You would need to do just:
SourceCompany sourceCompany= new SourceCompany();
sourceCompany.setName("xxx");
sourceCompany.setId(UUID.fromString("2bf05cbc-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
SourceUser sourceUser= new SourceUser();
sourceUser.setName("dev-team");
sourceUser.setId(UUID.fromString("4bede7a0-d530-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003"));
sourceUser.setCompany(sourceCompany);
sourceUserRepository.save(sourceUser);
One more thing to note is that the .save method actually returns an entity itself. That entity is the persisted entity just created. Basically if you manage everything within a single transactional method any modification to the persisted entity within that method (transaction) will be applied without calling any save, merge or update method
I suggest reading about the #Transactional annotation

How to stop Hibernate from eagerly fetching a relationship when it is mapped using a column (referencedColumnName) different than the primary key?

I'm mapping a relationship that does not use the entity's primary key. Using "referencedColumnName" with a column different than the primary key causes hibernate to eagerly fetch the association, by issuing an extra select, even when it's tagged with FetchType.LAZY.
My goal is to make it behave like a regular mapping, meaning it wouldn't issue an extra query every time I need to query the main entity.
I have already tried using #LazyToOne(LazyToOneOption.NO_PROXY), which sorts out the problem, but it does not operate well with Jackson's (JSON parsing library) module "jackson-datatype-hibernate5", which skips hibernate lazy proxies when serializing the results.
Here is a scenario almost like the one I have that causes the problem:
Entities:
#Entity(name = "Book")
#Table(name = "book")
public class Book
implements Serializable {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
private String title;
private String author;
#NaturalId
private String isbn;
//Getters and setters omitted for brevity
}
#Entity(name = "Publication")
#Table(name = "publication")
public class Publication {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
private String publisher;
#ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn(
name = "isbn",
referencedColumnName = "isbn"
)
private Book book;
#Column(
name = "price_in_cents",
nullable = false
)
private Integer priceCents;
private String currency;
//Getters and setters omitted for brevity
}
Repository (Spring-Data, but you could try directly with the EntityManager):
#Repository
public interface PublicationRepository extends JpaReadRepository <Publication, Long>
{
#Query ("SELECT d FROM Publication d WHERE d.publisher = ?1 ")
Optional <Publication> findByPublisher (String isbn);
}
Thanks

The only way to achieve what you are looking for is by moving the annotatation #Id to the isbn property.
You can leave the #GeneratedValue on the autoincrement property.
Notes:
1 - Make sure that your equals/hc are following the OID(Object ID) on your domain case the "NaturalId" ISBN.
2 - It will be good to ensure if possible on DB level that your natural ID has unique contraint on it.

#Column and #Enumerated doesn't work in embeded entity

I have main entity:
#Entity
#Table(name = "partners")
public class Partner {
#ElementCollection
#CollectionTable(
name = "external_login",
joinColumns = #JoinColumn(name = "partner_id")
)
private List<ExternalLogin> externalLogins;
...
}
And ExternalLogin is embeded entity
#Embeddable
public class ExternalLogin {
#Column(name = "type")
#Enumerated(value = EnumType.STRING)
private ExternalLoginType type;
#Column(name = "login")
private String login;
#Column(name = "password_value")
private String passwordValue;
}
public enum ExternalLoginType {
ABC;
}
#Column and #Enumerated not works in ExternalLogin entity.
For example in query will be external_login.passwordValue instead of external_login.password_value.
#Enumerated(value = EnumType.STRING) doesn't work too. Hibernate is trying to get int value of filed instead string.
Can anyone help me?

You misuse annotation #Embeddable. See description in oracle docs https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/persistence/Embeddable.html
Defines a class whose instances are stored as an intrinsic part of an owning entity and share the identity of the entity. Each of the persistent properties or fields of the embedded object is mapped to the database table for the entit
#Embeddable annotation makes sense only for singular assotiation fields. Annotating list fields as #Embeddable is wrong.
Just replace
#Embeddable
public class ExternalLogin {
to
#Entity
public class ExternalLogin {

I had exactly the same issue just now.
The solution for me ended up being adding
#Access(FIELD)
To the Embeddable object.

PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near

I have what I thought was a straight forward relation in JPA. Looks like this. CompanyGroup:
#Entity
#Table
public class CompanyGroup implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
#Column(name = "name")
private String name;
#JoinColumn(name = "companies")
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private List<Company> companies;
}
Company:
#Entity
#Table
public class Company implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Column(name = "name")
private String name;
#JoinColumn(name = "users")
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private List<User> users;
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
}
User:
#Entity
#Table
public class User {
#Column(name = "firstName")
private String firstName;
#Column(name = "lastName")
private String lastName;
#Column(name = "email")
private String email;
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Long id;
}
I have omitted setters, getters, etc.
This is not working. I'm trying to save a CompanyGroup(Has 2 companies, each company has 2 users, all entities are unique) to a fully empty database.
I persist this using Spring-Data, accessed in a service like this:
#Service
public class ConcreteCompanyGroupService implements CompanyGroupService {
#Autowired
private CompanyGroupRepository repository;
#Transactional
#Override
public void save(CompanyGroup group) {
repository.save(Collections.singleton(group));
}
}
When I try to call this method I receive this:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "User"
Position: 13
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2458)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2158)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:291)
Hopefully I have done something stupid that someone can find quickly. I don't know how to solve this.
EDIT:
The driver in my pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<version>9.4.1211</version>
</dependency>

Your entity maps across to a table name that is an SQL reserved keyword (User). Sadly for you, your chosen JPA provider does not automatically quote the table name identifier, and so you get exceptions when referring to the table.
Solution is either to quote the table name yourself in the #Table annotation, or change the table name to not be a reserved keyword. Alternatively use a JPA provider that auto-quotes such reserved keywords for you (e.g DataNucleus)

Solution 1: As Pascal mentioned, you have to escape the table name with backslash like:
#Entity
#Table(name="\"User\"")
public class User {
...
}
Solution 2: Rename your table's anme with another name (Users)
#Entity
#Table(name="Users")
public class User {
...
}
Solution 3: Add a suffix to the table's name:
#Entity
#Table(name="APP_User")
public class User {
...
}
Solution 4: Change the entity name, e.g. ApplicationUser
#Entity
public class ApplicationUser {
...
}
The reason
PostgreSQL as some reserved SQL Key Words. For example: ABORT, ALL, ARRAY, CACHE, CUBE, USER, ... Those tokens are in the SQL standard or specific to PostgreSQL

Use the #Table annotation or change your class name from User to something else as User is a reserved keyword in sql.

JPA Hibernate :: Inheritance of an entity, with additional OneToMany Lists

I'm using JPA Hibernate/Spring boot to build a web server with MySQL database, and I'm trying to extend a POJO Entity that looks like this, with additional OneToMany Lists.
#Entity
#Table(name="user")
public class User {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Integer id;
#Column(nullable=false)
private String name;
....Constructors, getters and setters....
}
with this basic user entity, I just wanna make a UserInfo entity with additional information about the user's careers.
#Entity
public class UserInfo extends User {
#OneToMany(cascade= CascadeType.ALL, fetch= FetchType.EAGER)
#JoinColumn(name="user_id", referencedColumnName = "id")
private List<Career> careers;
....Constructors, getters, setters......
}
And I'm quite confused which inheritance strategy I should choose. I don't think its necessary to make another column or table for this.
Or should I just query twice..?
I'm kinda new to JPA so not sure which is considered as the best practice or design..
Edit:
This is how Career entity looks like. Just in case..
#Entity
#Table(name="career")
public class Career {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Integer id;
#Column(nullable=false)
private Integer user_id;
#Column(nullable=false)
private String name;
#Column(nullable=false)
private String description;
....Constructors, getters and setters....
}
Since extending User table was meaningless(just in my case), I changed the User class like this.
#Table(name="user")
public class User {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private Integer id;
#Column(nullable=false)
private String name;
#OneToMany(fetch= FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn(name="user_id", referencedColumnName = "id")
private List<Career> careers;
....Constructors, getters, setters......
}
Now I'm trying this with Spring Data JPA, and when I try to show the list of Users with their Careers, it is now querying more than 40 times taking about a minute to show the result.
Is this the N+1 problem..? how can I solve this?

In my opinion the error lies within the model itself. Why should UserInfo extend User? I cannot imagine which attributes or methods the UserInfo should inherit from a User. Typical inheritances would be "Developer" or "Administrator".
Why don't you add UserInfo as a 1:1 relation in your User entity? Another option is to omit UserInfo and put the Careers as a 1:n relation right into your User.
To prevent possible n+1 issues on a growing number of Careers you might want to change the fetch mode. See below
#OneToMany(fetch=FetchType.LAZY,mappedBy="user")
#Fetch(FetchMode.SUBSELECT)
private Set<Career> careers = new HashSet<>();