Javers "jv_commit" doesn't exist

I'm trying to get Javer setup with my project. I am using Hibernate JPA and I believe I have everything configured correctly.

Here is my Spring config:

    <bean id="auditDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
    <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}"/>
    <property name="url" value="${jdbc.audit.url}"/>
    <property name="username" value="${jdbc.audit.username}"/>
    <property name="password" value="${jdbc.audit.password}"/>
    <property name="maxActive" value="100"/>
    <property name="maxWait" value="1000"/>
    <property name="poolPreparedStatements" value="true"/>
    <property name="defaultAutoCommit" value="true"/>
    <property name="validationQuery" value="${jdbc.validationQuery}"/>
    <property name="testOnBorrow" value="true"/>
</bean>

<bean id="auditSessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean" destroy-method="destroy">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="auditDataSource"/>
    <property name="configLocation" value="classpath:hibernate.audit.cfg.xml"/>
    <property name="hibernateProperties">
        <props>
            <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.query.substitutions">true 'Y', false 'N'</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache">true</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.format_sql">false</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.use_sql_comments">false</prop>
            <!--<prop key="hibernate.cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider</prop>-->
            <prop key="hibernate.cache.region.factory_class">org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.SingletonEhCacheRegionFactory</prop>
            <!-- Hibernate Search index directory -->
            <prop key="hibernate.search.default.indexBase">${app.search.index.basedir}</prop>
        </props>
        <!-- Turn batching off for better error messages under PostgreSQL -->
        <!-- hibernate.jdbc.batch_size=0 -->
    </property>
</bean>

<!-- Transaction manager for a single Hibernate SessionFactory (alternative to JTA) -->
<bean id="auditTransactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager">
    <property name="sessionFactory" ref="auditSessionFactory"/>
</bean>

<bean id="javersRepoConnectionProvider" class="com.dsc.discus.ng.audit.javers.JaversRepoConnectionProvider">
    <constructor-arg name="dataSource" ref="auditDataSource"/>
</bean>

<bean id="auditController" class="com.dsc.discus.ng.audit.javers.JaversAuditController">
    <constructor-arg name="javersRepoConnectionProvider" ref="javersRepoConnectionProvider"/>
    <constructor-arg name="transactionManager" ref="auditTransactionManager"/>
</bean>

The JaversAuditController bean:

public class JaversAuditController extends AuditController {
private final JaversSqlRepository javersSqlRepository;
private final Javers javers;

public JaversAuditController(JaversRepoConnectionProvider javersRepoConnectionProvider, PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager) {
    javersSqlRepository = SqlRepositoryBuilder.sqlRepository()
            .withConnectionProvider(javersRepoConnectionProvider)
            .withDialect(DialectName.MYSQL)
            .build();

    javers = TransactionalJaversBuilder.javers()
            .withTxManager(transactionManager)
            .withObjectAccessHook(new HibernateUnproxyObjectAccessHook())
            .withMappingStyle(MappingStyle.BEAN)
            .registerJaversRepository(javersSqlRepository)
            .build();
}

@Override
public void addModified(BaseEntity entity) {
    addModified(entity, null);
}

@Override
public void addModified(BaseEntity entity, Map<String, String> extraParams) {
    if (javers != null && entity != null) {
        if (extraParams != null) {
            javers.commit(entity.getModifiedBy(), entity, extraParams);
        }
        else {
            javers.commit(entity.getModifiedBy(), entity);
        }
    }
}

public JaversSqlRepository getJaversSqlRepository() {
    return javersSqlRepository;
}

public Javers getJavers() {
    return javers;
}

I have to use BEAN mapping style because the JPA annotations are on the accessors of the entities.

Here is the JaversRepoConnectionProvider bean:

public class JaversRepoConnectionProvider implements ConnectionProvider {
private DataSource dataSource;

public JaversRepoConnectionProvider(DataSource dataSource) {
    this.dataSource = dataSource;
}

@Override
public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
    return dataSource.getConnection();
}

}

I am doing a manual audit. That is, every time an entity is saved, I'm calling the javers.commit() method. As it happens, the very first thing I try to save causes a MySQL syntax error stating that the table "jv_commit" doesn't exist. The documentation states that the necessary tables would automatically be created, so I must be missing something. Please advise and thanks in advance.

Truncated stack trace:

com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Table 'discus_eng_audit.jv_commit' doesn't exist
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:411)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.getInstance(Util.java:386)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1054)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:4237)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:4169)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:2617)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:2778)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.execSQL(ConnectionImpl.java:2825)
at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeInternal(PreparedStatement.java:2156)
at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeQuery(PreparedStatement.java:2323)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DelegatingPreparedStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:96)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DelegatingPreparedStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:96)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DelegatingPreparedStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:96)
at org.polyjdbc.core.transaction.Transaction.executeQuery(Transaction.java:59)
at org.polyjdbc.core.query.TransactionalQueryRunner.queryCollection(TransactionalQueryRunner.java:86)
at org.polyjdbc.core.query.TransactionalQueryRunner.queryList(TransactionalQueryRunner.java:76)
at org.javers.repository.sql.PolyUtil.queryForBigDecimalList(PolyUtil.java:27)
at org.javers.repository.sql.PolyUtil.queryForOptionalBigDecimal(PolyUtil.java:36)
at org.javers.repository.sql.repositories.CommitMetadataRepository.selectMaxCommitId(CommitMetadataRepository.java:86)
at org.javers.repository.sql.repositories.CommitMetadataRepository.getCommitHeadId(CommitMetadataRepository.java:75)
at org.javers.repository.sql.JaversSqlRepository.getHeadId(JaversSqlRepository.java:76)
at org.javers.repository.api.JaversExtendedRepository.getHeadId(JaversExtendedRepository.java:137)
at org.javers.core.commit.CommitIdFactory.nextId(CommitIdFactory.java:26)
at org.javers.core.commit.CommitFactory.newCommitMetadata(CommitFactory.java:79)
at org.javers.core.commit.CommitFactory.create(CommitFactory.java:69)
at org.javers.core.JaversCore.commit(JaversCore.java:82)
at org.javers.core.JaversCore.commit(JaversCore.java:67)
at org.javers.spring.jpa.JaversTransactionalDecorator.commit(JaversTransactionalDecorator.java:58)
at com.dsc.discus.ng.audit.javers.JaversAuditController.addModified(JaversAuditController.java:56)
at com.dsc.discus.ng.audit.javers.JaversAuditController.addModified(JaversAuditController.java:46)
at com.dsc.discus.ng.model.persistence.dao.hibernate.BaseDaoHibernate.save(BaseDaoHibernate.java:146)
at com.dsc.discus.ng.model.persistence.dao.hibernate.BaseDaoHibernate.save(BaseDaoHibernate.java:26)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:302)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)

Solution

In Spring app, Javers instance should be registered as a Spring bean. JaVers uses @PostConstruct annotation and Spring calls ensureSchema() when txManager is ready.

See JaversTransactionalDecorator impl:

@PostConstruct
public void ensureSchema() {
    TransactionTemplate tmpl = new TransactionTemplate(txManager);
    tmpl.execute(new TransactionCallbackWithoutResult() {
        @Override
        protected void doInTransactionWithoutResult(TransactionStatus status)      {
            javersSqlRepository.ensureSchema();
        }
    });
}

In your case, this method isn't called because you have created the Javers instance in your Controller and not as a Spring bean. You should configure your app as docs says - https://javers.org/documentation/spring-integration/#jpa-entity-manager-integration