[hibernate-issues] [JIRA] (HHH-14128) NullPointerException when building sessionFactory

Steve HELDEBAUME ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=5f22e68... ) *created* an issue Hibernate ORM ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWUxZGVhNjIx... ) / Bug ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14128?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWUxZG... ) HHH-14128 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14128?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWUxZG... ) NullPointerException when building sessionFactory ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14128?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMWUxZG... ) Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 5.3.15 Assignee: Unassigned Attachments: persistence.xml, server (1).log Components: hibernate-core Created: 30/Jul/2020 08:35 AM Environment: openjdk8 Jboss EAP 7.2.8 Priority: Major Reporter: Steve HELDEBAUME ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=5f22e68... ) We're migrating our app from JBoss EAP6.4 to JBoss EAP7.2.8 So migrating from hibernate 4.2.27 to 5.3.15 When building session factory at JBoss startup, we have a NullPointerException : 13:44:45,421 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 115) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.persistenceunit. "wcs-Application.ear/wcs-Application.jar#x2010" : org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.persistenceunit. "wcs-Application.ear/wcs-Application.jar#x2010" : javax.persistence.PersistenceException: [PersistenceUnit: x2010] Unable to build Hibernate SessionFactory at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl$1$1.run(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:195) at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl$1$1.run(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:125) at org.wildfly.security.manager.WildFlySecurityManager.doChecked(WildFlySecurityManager.java:662) [wildfly-elytron-1.6.6.Final-redhat-00001.jar:1.6.6.Final-redhat-00001] at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl$1.run(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:209) at org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35) at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1982) at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486) at org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377) at java.lang. Thread.run( Thread.java:748) [rt.jar:1.8.0_222] at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:485) Caused by: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: [PersistenceUnit: x2010] Unable to build Hibernate SessionFactory at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.persistenceException(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1327) at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1253) at org.jboss.as.jpa.hibernate5.TwoPhaseBootstrapImpl.build(TwoPhaseBootstrapImpl.java:44) at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl$1$1.run(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:167) ... 9 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.internal.AbstractLoadPlanBuildingAssociationVisitationStrategy.foundCircularAssociation(AbstractLoadPlanBuildingAssociationVisitationStrategy.java:669) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitAttributeDefinition(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:148) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitAttributes(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:133) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitCompositeDefinition(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:209) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitCollectionIndex(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:240) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitCollectionDefinition(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:217) at org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.MetamodelGraphWalker.visitCollection(MetamodelGraphWalker.java:73) at org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.spi.MetamodelDrivenLoadPlanBuilder.buildRootCollectionLoadPlan(MetamodelDrivenLoadPlanBuilder.java:54) at org.hibernate.loader.collection.plan.AbstractLoadPlanBasedCollectionInitializer.<init>(AbstractLoadPlanBasedCollectionInitializer.java:61) at org.hibernate.loader.collection.plan.CollectionLoader.<init>(CollectionLoader.java:81) at org.hibernate.loader.collection.plan.CollectionLoader$Builder.byKey(CollectionLoader.java:74) at org.hibernate.loader.collection.plan.AbstractBatchingCollectionInitializerBuilder.buildNonBatchingLoader(AbstractBatchingCollectionInitializerBuilder.java:28) at org.hibernate.loader.collection.BatchingCollectionInitializerBuilder.createBatchingOneToManyInitializer(BatchingCollectionInitializerBuilder.java:85) at org.hibernate.persister.collection.OneToManyPersister.createCollectionInitializer(OneToManyPersister.java:513) at org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister.postInstantiate(AbstractCollectionPersister.java:668) at java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap$ValuesView.forEach(ConcurrentHashMap.java:4707) [rt.jar:1.8.0_222] at org.hibernate.metamodel.internal.MetamodelImpl.initialize(MetamodelImpl.java:233) at org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:295) at org.hibernate.boot.internal.SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.build(SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java:467) at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1250) ... 11 more No other stack saying which entity could present a problem. Any idea guys ? persistence.xml ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/attachment/49720/49720_persistence... ) server (1).log ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/attachment/49719/49719_server+%281... ) ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14128#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14128#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100140- sha1:5beb332 )