java.lang.StackOverflowError for gson get methods

Question

My pet class looks like this(haven't taken getters and setters).

@Entity
@Table(name = "pet")
@NamedQueries({
    @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findAll", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p")
    , @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findById", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p WHERE p.id = :id")
    , @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findByName", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p WHERE p.name = :name")
    , @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findByBirth", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p WHERE p.birth = :birth")
    , @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findBySpecies", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p WHERE p.species = :species")
    , @NamedQuery(name = "Pet.findByDeath", query = "SELECT p FROM Pet p WHERE p.death = :death")})
public class Pet implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "id", nullable = false)
    private Integer id;
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @NotNull
    @Size(min = 1, max = 45)
    @Column(name = "name", nullable = false, length = 45)
    private String name;
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @NotNull
    @Column(name = "birth", nullable = false)
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private Date birth;
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @NotNull
    @Size(min = 1, max = 45)
    @Column(name = "species", nullable = false, length = 45)
    private String species;
    @Column(name = "death")
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private Date death;
    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "pet")
    private Collection<Event> eventCollection;
    @JoinColumn(name = "owner_id", referencedColumnName = "id")
    @ManyToOne
    private Owner owner;

    public Pet() {
    }

    public Pet(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public Pet(Integer id, String name, Date birth, String species) {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.birth = birth;
        this.species = species;
    }

I have this gson method

@GET 
    @Path("/living")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Response getLivingPets(){
        return Response.ok().entity(gson.toJson(pf.getLivingPets())).build();
    }

and my database facade method

public List<Pet> getLivingPets() {

        EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
        try {
            Query q = em.createQuery("select p from Pet p where p.death is null");

            return (List<Pet>) q.getResultList();
        } finally {
            em.close();
        }
    }

I'm getting this error

type Exception report

message java.lang.StackOverflowError

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.StackOverflowError com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:420) com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:558) com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:733) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:393)

root cause

java.lang.StackOverflowError com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.beforeValue(JsonWriter.java:642) com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.open(JsonWriter.java:325) com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.beginObject(JsonWriter.java:308) com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.write(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:240) com.google.gson.Gson$FutureTypeAdapter.write(Gson.java:1018) com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.write(TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java:69)

Answer 1

first change If you need to close a stream, then best practice would be to use the try-with-resources statement link

    try (EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager()) {
        Query q = em.createQuery("select p from Pet p where p.death is null");

        return (List<Pet>) q.getResultList();
    }

version 1 send only dto send only the field you need

@GET 
@Path("/living")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public Response getLivingPets(){
    return Response.ok().entity(gson.toJson(pf.getLivingPets().stream().map(Dto::new).collect(Collectors.toList()))).build();
}

//adn created class your DTO

public class Dto {
    private final Integer id;
    private final String name;

    public Dto(Pet pet) {
        this.id= pet.getId();
        this.name= pet.getName();
    }
}

version 2 create TypeAdapter where is the feedback reference to Pet

@GET 
@Path("/living")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public Response getLivingPets(){
    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(Owner.class, new PetAdapter()).create();
    return Response.ok().entity(gson.toJson(pf.getLivingPets())).build();
}

created PetAdapter

public class PetAdapter extends TypeAdapter<Owner> {

    @Override
    public void write(JsonWriter out, Owner value) throws IOException {

        out.beginObject();
        out.name("id");
        out.value(value.getId());
        out.endObject();

        //NOT USE PET
    }

    @Override
    public Owner read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
        return null;
    }
}