Hibernate org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failed to lazily initialize a collection of role:

Question

I have the below mentioned Entity classes, when I execute my application I am getting the following exception. Some of the other similar questions didn't solve the problem.

WARNING: StandardWrapperValve[jersey-serlvet]: PWC1406: Servlet.service()
for servlet jersey-serlvet threw exception
org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failed to lazily initialize 
a collection of role: test.entity.Dept.empDeptno, no session
or session was closed
at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
throwLazyInitializationException(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:393)
       at    org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
throwLazyInitializationExceptionIfNotConnected
(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:385)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
initialize(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:378) 

How can I solve this issue?

Emp Entity

@Entity
@Table(name = "EMP", schema = "SCOTT"
)
@XmlRootElement
@NamedQueries({
    @NamedQuery(name = "Emp.findAllEmployees", query = "select e from Emp e left 
    join fetch e.deptNo order by e.empno desc")
})
public class Emp implements java.io.Serializable {
@Id
@Column(name = "EMPNO", unique = true, nullable = false, precision = 4,
scale = 0)
private short empno;
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "DEPTNO", referencedColumnName = "DEPTNO")
private Dept deptNo;

Dept Entity

@Entity
@Table(name = "DEPT", schema = "SCOTT"
)
@XmlRootElement
public class Dept implements java.io.Serializable {
@Id
@Column(name = "DEPTNO", unique = true, nullable = false, precision = 2,
scale = 0)
private short deptno;
@OneToMany(fetch=FetchType.LAZY,mappedBy = "deptNo")
private Set<Emp> empDeptno;

DAOImpl

@Override
public List<Emp> findAllEmployees() {
  return getEntityManager().createNamedQuery("Emp.findAllEmployees",
 Emp.class).getResultList();
}

Jersey RESTful service

 @Component
 @Path("/employee")
 public class EmployeeRestService {

 @Autowired
 EmployeeService employeeService;

 @GET
 @Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
 public List<Emp> getEmployees() {
 List<Emp> emp = new ArrayList<Emp>();
 emp.addAll(getEmployeeService().findAllEmployees());
 return emp;
 }

Spring applicationContext.xml

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
>
    <!-- Data Source Declaration -->    
    <bean id="DataSource" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
        <property name="jndiName" value="jdbc/scottDS"/>   
    </bean>

    <context:component-scan base-package="net.test" />
    <bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor"/>
    <bean id="entityManagerFactory"
          class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="DataSource" />
        <property name="packagesToScan" value="net.test" />
        <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
            <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
                <property name="showSql" value="false" />
                <property name="generateDdl" value="false" />
                <property name="databasePlatform" value="${jdbc.dialectClass}" />
            </bean>
        </property>
    </bean>
    <bean id="defaultLobHandler" class="org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.DefaultLobHandler" />  
    <!-- Transaction Config -->
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
    </bean>
    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>          
    <context:annotation-config/>
    <bean id="hibernateStatisticsMBean" class="org.hibernate.jmx.StatisticsService">
        <property name="statisticsEnabled" value="true" />
        <property name="sessionFactory" value="#{entityManagerFactory.sessionFactory}" />
    </bean>
</beans>

Answer 1

I have resolved the issue by adding the following in web.xml

<filter>
<filter-name>OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

courtesy here and here

Thanks

Answer 2

The problem is that the scope of your database/JPA transaction only contains the service (which I assume is a stateless session bean) and does NOT contain the REST resource bean.

1. Web server dispatches request to JAX-RS service
2. JAX-RS service calls EJB Stateless Session Bean
3. Transaction starts
4. EJB Stateless Session Bean loads data from database (other beans might be involved)
5. EJB Stateless Session Bean returns result
6. Transaction ends
7. JAX-RS service returns result
8. JAX-RS Producer creates XML out of List<Emp> and accesses field empDeptno .

So when Jersey gets the list of Emp to produce XML out of it, the transaction has already been closed. When now the field empDeptNo is navigated, JPA tries to lazily load it, which fails as we're already outside a valid transaction/session.

You might try to extend the transaction scope to also contain your Jersey REST resource bean by making a stateless session bean out of it. Then it might be as follows:

1. Web server dispatches request to JAX-RS service
2. Transaction starts
3. JAX-RS service calls EJB Stateless Session Bean
4. EJB Stateless Session Bean loads data from database (other beans might be involved)
5. EJB Stateless Session Bean returns result
6. JAX-RS service returns result
7. JAX-RS Producer creates XML out of List<Emp> and accesses field empDeptno .
8. Transaction ends

I'm not 100% sure, it might also be that step 8 comes BEFORE step 7, so the transaction might be closed before the producer does its job. If that's the case, this solution is simply wrong...

But I think you should simply try it...

Answer 3

If you would like to continue using FetchType.LAZY but need access to the lazily loaded attributes for some queries, a portable solution would be to access the field and perform an operation on it while still within a transaction/session. I mention portability because AFAIK Hibernate offers at least one different approach to explicitly trigger loading that is not part of the JPA spec.

Adapting your code, this could look like this:

public List<Emp> findAllEmployees() {
  List<Emp> employees = getEntityManager().createNamedQuery("Emp.findAllEmployees",
    Emp.class).getResultList();

  //trigger loading of attributes
  for(Emp emp: employees){
    emp.getDeptNo().getEmpDetNo().size();
  }
  return employees;
}

EDIT: Another portable alternative would be to use fetch joins in the query. Your Emp.findAllEmployees query could look like this:

SELECT e FROM Emp e JOIN FETCH e.dept.empDetno

Make it a left join if you have Emps without departments and departments without empDetNo