[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-3046) Merge fails on complicated data structure because of cycle references

Merge fails on complicated data structure because of cycle references --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3046 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3046 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.4 Environment: Hibernate-3.2.4.ga, db-platform any (h2 & oracle tested) Reporter: Pavol Zibrita Attachments: HHH3046Fix_Branch_3_2.patch, HHH3046TestCase_Branch_3_2.patch, HibernateBug_HHH3046.zip On complicated object structure, hibernate was unable to merge it correctly because of attaching ID's to the new objects in the tree of the persistent entity. Hibernate cannot cope with cyclic references in this case and it fails with: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a null or transient value: org.hibernate.bugtests.data.Transport.pickupNode at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.throwPersistenceException(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:630) at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.merge(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:237) at org.hibernate.bugtests.merge.MergeBug.mergeData(MergeBug.java:131) at org.hibernate.bugtests.merge.MergeBug.testBug(MergeBug.java:149) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at junit.framework.TestCase.runTest(TestCase.java:154) at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:127) at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106) at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124) at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109) at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118) at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208) at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.junit3.JUnit3TestReference.run(JUnit3TestReference.java:130) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:460) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:673) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:386) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:196) Caused by: org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a null or transient value: org.hibernate.bugtests.data.Transport.pickupNode at org.hibernate.engine.Nullability.checkNullability(Nullability.java:72) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.performSaveOrReplicate(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:290) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.performSave(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:181) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:121) at org.hibernate.ejb.event.EJB3MergeEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId(EJB3MergeEventListener.java:43) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:186) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:123) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:687) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:669) at org.hibernate.engine.CascadingAction$6.cascade(CascadingAction.java:245) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeToOne(Cascade.java:268) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:216) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollectionElements(Cascade.java:296) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollection(Cascade.java:242) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:219) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascade(Cascade.java:130) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.cascadeAfterSave(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:456) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:194) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:123) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:687) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:669) at org.hibernate.engine.CascadingAction$6.cascade(CascadingAction.java:245) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeToOne(Cascade.java:268) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:216) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollectionElements(Cascade.java:296) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollection(Cascade.java:242) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:219) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascade(Cascade.java:130) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.cascadeAfterSave(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:456) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:194) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:123) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:687) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:669) at org.hibernate.engine.CascadingAction$6.cascade(CascadingAction.java:245) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeToOne(Cascade.java:268) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:216) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascade(Cascade.java:130) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.cascadeBeforeSave(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:431) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:178) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:123) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:687) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:669) at org.hibernate.engine.CascadingAction$6.cascade(CascadingAction.java:245) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeToOne(Cascade.java:268) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:216) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollectionElements(Cascade.java:296) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeCollection(Cascade.java:242) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeAssociation(Cascade.java:219) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascadeProperty(Cascade.java:169) at org.hibernate.engine.Cascade.cascade(Cascade.java:130) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.cascadeOnMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:407) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsPersistent(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:152) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:126) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:53) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:677) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:661) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:665) at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.merge(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:228) ... 20 more However the value is set correctly.