Cannot persist in HSQLDB using JPA 2.0, Spring 2.5.6, Hibernate 3.6.1 and Maven

Question

I'm trying to setup Spring using Hibernate and JPA, but when trying to persist an object, nothing seems to be added to the database.

I'm using the following:

<bean class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close" id="dataSource">
    <property name="driverClassName" value="${database.driverClassName}"/>
    <property name="url" value="${database.url}"/>
    <property name="username" value="${database.username}"/>
    <property name="password" value="${database.password}"/>
</bean>
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" id="transactionManager">
    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven mode="proxy" transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean" id="entityManagerFactory">
<!--         <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/> -->
</bean> 

My DataBase Properties:

database.password=
database.url=jdbc\:hsqldb\:file\:ClientHarness;shutdown\=true
database.username=sa
database.driverClassName=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver

BroadcastMessageDao :

@Repository("broadcastMessageDao")
public class BroadcastMessageDaoImpl extends GenericDaoImpl<BroadcastMessage>
implements BroadcastMessageDao {

  public BroadcastMessageDaoImpl() {
    super(BroadcastMessage.class);
  }

  @Transactional
  public void persist(Object object){
    entityManager.persist(object);
  }
}

GenericDaoImpl :

public class GenericDaoImpl<T extends DomainObject>
implements GenericDao<T> {

  private Class<T> type;

  protected EntityManager entityManager = EMF.getInstance().createEntityManager();

  public GenericDaoImpl(Class<T> type) {
    super();
    this.type = type;
  }

  public void save(T object) {
    EntityTransaction trx = entityManager.getTransaction();
    trx.begin();
    try {
      entityManager.persist(object);
      entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
      trx.commit();
    } finally {
      if (trx.isActive()){
        trx.rollback();
      }
    }
  }

I'm running a ClientHarness.main() :

public class ClientHarness{

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<String> contexts = new ArrayList<String>();

    contexts.add("classpath:META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml");

    ApplicationContext appContext  = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
      contexts.toArray(new String[contexts.size()])
    );

    BroadcastMessageDao broadcastMessageDao = new BroadcastMessageDaoImpl();
    BroadcastMessage broadcastMessage = new BroadcastMessage();
    broadcastMessage.setId(1L);
    broadcastMessage.setMessage("***********************!!!");
    broadcastMessageDao.save(broadcastMessage);
    System.out.println("Id" + broadcastMessage.getId());
  }
}

Dependencies I'm using:

<!-- Hibernate Dependencies -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId>
  <version>3.3.1.GA</version>
</dependency> 
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1.Final</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Spring dependencies -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.6</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
  <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
  <version>1.8.0.10</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
  <version>3.6.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
  <version>4.1.0.Final</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
      <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
  <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>cglib</groupId>
  <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
  <version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
  <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
  <version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-jpa</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
  <version>1.5.4</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
  <version>1.3</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
      <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
      <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
  <version>${spring.version}</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.webflow</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-js-resources</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.1</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
  <version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
  <artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
  <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
  <version>1.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
  <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.1</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
  <version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
  <artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.1</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
  <artifactId>tiles-jsp</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
  <version>2.6</version>
</dependency>

persistence.xml looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  version="1.0"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd"
>
  <persistence-unit name="persistenceUnit" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
    <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
    <class>sr.qualogy.hakrinbank.entities.BroadcastMessage</class>
    <properties>
      <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect"/>
      <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create"/>
      <property name="hibernate.ejb.naming_strategy" value="org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy"/>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.charSet" value="UTF-8"/>
    </properties>
  </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

When I run ClientHarness.main() , I encounter an error:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The user must supply a JDBC connection.

Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

I've just realized you have the followings:

BroadcastMessageDao broadcastMessageDao = new BroadcastMessageDaoImpl();

You should never do this while using spring, this way you won't get a spring-managed bean, thus none of its properties will be set. You should use appContext.getBean(..) instead. Not sure this will solve all your issues, but definitely this is wrong.

If after changes this you still have errors, please edit your question and add the latest versions of your files and also your latest full stacktrace of the error.