I want to create bidirectional student-discipline relation. Anything works fine until I've enrolled user to discipline. Now I'm getting infinite recursion.
Classes looks like this:
//Student.java
@Entity
@Table(name = "students")
public class Student {
@NotNull
@Id
@Column(name = "STUDENT_ID")
private String id;
private String name;
@ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
@JoinTable(name = "students_disciplines", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "STUDENT_ID"), inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "DISCIPLINE_ID"))
@JsonSerialize(using = NestedDisciplineSetSerializer.class)
private Set<Discipline> disciplines = new HashSet<>();
//Getters, Setters
}
//NestedDisciplineSetSerializer.java
public class NestedDisciplineSetSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Set<Discipline>> {
@Override
public void serialize(Set<Discipline> value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider p) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartArray();
for (Discipline s : value) {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeStringField("name", s.getName());
jgen.writeNumberField("id", s.getId());
jgen.writeBooleanField("recommended", s.isRecommended());
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
jgen.writeEndArray();
}
}
//Discipline.java
@Entity`enter code here`
@Table(name = "disciplines")
public class Discipline {
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
@Id
@Column(name = "DISCIPLINE_ID")
private int id;
@NotNull
private String name;
@NotNull
private int credits;
private String annotation;
private boolean recommended;
@ManyToMany(mappedBy = "disciplines", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
@JsonSerialize(using = NestedStudentSetSerializer.class)
private Set<Student> students = new HashSet<>();
//Getters, Setters
}
//NestedStudentSetSerializer.java
public class NestedStudentSetSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Set<Student>> {
@Override
public void serialize(Set<Student> value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider p) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
jgen.writeStartArray();
for (Student s : value) {
jgen.writeStartObject();
jgen.writeStringField("name", s.getName());
jgen.writeStringField("id", s.getId());
jgen.writeEndObject();
}
jgen.writeEndArray();
}
}
Error appears to be while loading Set after Student s = sDao.findOne(id);
Tried to search here, but was not able to find right solution. Anything made the same result.
org.hibernate.collection.internal.PersistentSet.hashCode(PersistentSet.java:430) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.11.Final.jar:5.0.11.Final] at truelecter.practproekt.entity.Discipline.hashCode(Discipline.java:31) ~[classes/:na] at java.util.HashMap.hash(HashMap.java:338) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.HashMap.put(HashMap.java:611) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.HashSet.add(HashSet.java:219) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.AbstractCollection.addAll(AbstractCollection.java:344) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at org.hibernate.collection.internal.PersistentSet.endRead(PersistentSet.java:327) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.11.Final.jar:5.0.11.Final] at org.hibernate.engine.loading.internal.CollectionLoadContext.endLoadingCollection(CollectionLoadContext.java:234) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.11.Final.jar:5.0.11.Final] at ... org.hibernate.collection.internal.PersistentSet.hashCode(PersistentSet.java:430) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.11.Final.jar:5.0.11.Final] at truelecter.practproekt.entity.Student.hashCode(Student.java:29) ~[classes/:na] at java.util.HashMap.hash(HashMap.java:338) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.HashMap.put(HashMap.java:611) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.HashSet.add(HashSet.java:219) ~[na:1.8.0_91] at java.util.AbstractCollection.addAll(AbstractCollection.java:344) ~
I have the impression that the hashcode()
method implementations for Discipline
and Student
entities use both entities.
Maybe am I wrong, it is not very clear in the stacktrace.
How have you defined equals()
and hashcode()
methods for your entities ?
Suppose entity A
and entity B
with a bidirectional relationship.
If equals()/hashcode()
implementation of entity A
invokes equals()/hashcode()
on the entity B
field that itself invokes equals()/hashcode()
on the entity A
field, you have a cycle.
Whereas your error.
Besides, even if you cut the cycle by ensuring that only one of both refers the other in equals()/hashcode()/toString()
, you should invoke equals()/hashcode()/toString
methods of the entity relationships with cautious.
It may have a real impact on the performance. If the Hibernate session is opened, it may indeed execute queries that you don't expect to.