[FIXED] Hibernate @ManyToOne of an entity with @IdClass

Issue

I just added a new entity to my project and now it doesn't start. I think it is related to having a @ManyToOne being part of a composite key but I'm not sure. I reduced my problem to the following entities:

A.class:

@Table(name = "A")
@Entity
@IdClass(KeyA.class)
public class A {
    
   @Id
   private String aId;
    
   @Id
   @ManyToOne
   private B b;
    
   public String getaId() {
      return aId;
   }
    
   public void setaId(String aId) {
      this.aId = aId;
   }
    
   public B getB() {
      return b;
   }
    
   public void setB(B b) {
      this.b = b;
   }
}

B.class:

@Table(name = "B")
@Entity
@IdClass(KeyB.class)
public class B {
    
   @Id
   String bId;
    
   @Id
   String bId2;
    
   public String getbId() {
      return bId;
   }
    
   public void setbId(String bId) {
      this.bId = bId;
   }
    
   public String getbId2() {
      return bId2;
   }
    
   public void setbId2(String bId2) {
      this.bId2 = bId2;
   }
}

KeyA.class:

public class KeyA implements Serializable {
    
   private String aId;
   private String b;
}

KeyB.class

public class KeyB implements Serializable{
    
   public String bId;
   public String bId2;
}

Exception thrown:

        Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource
        [...]
        Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: Unable to instantiate default tuplizer [org.hibernate.tuple.component.PojoComponentTuplizer]
    [...]
    Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_201]
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_201]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[na:1.8.0_201]
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[na:1.8.0_201]
        at org.hibernate.tuple.component.ComponentTuplizerFactory.constructTuplizer(ComponentTuplizerFactory.java:104) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]
        ... 43 common frames omitted
    Caused by: org.hibernate.PropertyNotFoundException: Could not locate field name [bId] on class [java.lang.String]
        at org.hibernate.internal.util.ReflectHelper.findField(ReflectHelper.java:371) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]
        at org.hibernate.property.access.internal.PropertyAccessFieldImpl.<init>(PropertyAccessFieldImpl.java:34) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]
        at org.hibernate.property.access.internal.PropertyAccessStrategyFieldImpl.buildPropertyAccess(PropertyAccessStrategyFieldImpl.java:26) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]
        at org.hibernate.mapping.Property.getGetter(Property.java:311) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]
        at org.hibernate.tuple.component.PojoComponentTuplizer.buildGetter(PojoComponentTuplizer.java:141) ~[hibernate-core-5.4.12.Final.jar:5.4.12.Final]

I tried everything, including importing latest javassist. I'm running Spring Boot 2.2.5.RELEASE on Java 1.8 (it also happens in 11)

Solution

You should use in your KeyA exactly the same fields name/types as marked in the owned entity as @Id.

So, you should correct KeyA in the following way:

public class KeyA implements Serializable {

    private String aId;
    private B b;
}

See further explanation and examples in the documentation.

Answered By - SternK