NullPointerException instead of StaleStateException when using natural-id in mapping ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-4964 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4964 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Environment: Hibernate 3.3.2.GA, DB2 UDB 9.5 Reporter: Dzmitry Petrushenka Attachments: src.zip Use natural-id in a mapping for Foo entity. 1. First transaction creates an instance of this entity. 2. The second transaction deletes this entity. 3. The third transaction tries to update this object. NullPointerException happens instead of throwing StaleStateException. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.checkNaturalId(DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.java:112) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.getValues(DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.java:192) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.onFlushEntity(DefaultFlushEntityEventListener.java:143) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.flushEntities(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:219) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.flushEverythingToExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:99) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:49) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:1028) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.managedFlush(SessionImpl.java:366) at org.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.commit(JDBCTransaction.java:137) at example.bug1.FooTest.main(FooTest.java:39) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira