JPA doesn't load everything heavily
I am having a problem using JPA 1.0 through the OpenJPA implementation. My data model consists of a trip that has a OneToMany relationship with a Leg and a OneToMany relationship with a passenger. Leg and Passenger has an association in PassengerLeg. This shows up as bidirectional OneToMany / ManyToOne. So essentially I have a diamond in my data model. If the trip has 2 legs and 3 passengers, there will be 6 passengers. For different use cases, I need to go in every direction from every object. Right now, when I try to load everything completely, the leg field in PassengerLeg will be null and I can't figure out why. Here is a lean view of my classes:
@Entity
public class Trip {
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "trip", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
private List<Leg> legs;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "trip", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
private List<Passenger> passengers;
}
@Entity
public class Leg {
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "TRIP_ID")
private Trip trip;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "leg", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
private List<PassengerLeg> passengers;
}
@Entity
public class Passenger {
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "TRIP_ID")
private Trip trip;
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "passenger", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
private List<PassengerLeg> legs;
}
@Entity
public class PassengerLeg {
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "LEG_ID")
private Leg leg; //this will be null
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "PASSENGER_ID")
private Passenger passenger;
}
I've spent countless hours reading the documentation and everything I can google to figure out what might be causing this, but I had no luck. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? Let me know if you need more information on classes / annotations.
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JPA Never loads many sides as it can take a long time. Default fetch As mentioned in the JPA specs
- One by One ---> Fetch Eager
- One for Many ---> Fetch Lazy
- Many to one ---> fetch Eager
- Many for many ---> Fetch Lazy
Also, I will not advise you to go for Eager fetch as it is a heavy operation.
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