NullPointerException on flush [Java EE + Hibernate 4. 3.5]

Question

I'm having and NullPointerException on session.flush() after I have added JPA annotations to my beans. Maybe I have wrong annotation or there is something in the hibernate cache ?

There is my User entity :

package com.viktor.solodoukhin.beans;


import javax.persistence.*;
import java.sql.Timestamp;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.sql.Date;
import java.util.List;

@Entity
@Table(name="tuser")
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
public class User {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name="user_id", unique=true, nullable=false)
    private Long id;

    @Column(name="first_name", nullable=false)
    private String firstName;

    @Column(name="last_name", nullable=false)
    private String lastName;

    @Column(name="email", unique=true)
    private String email;

    @Column(name="password")
    private String password;

    @Column(name="born_on")
    private Date bornOn;

    @Column(name="created_at")
    private Timestamp createdAt;

    @Column(name="updated_at")
    private Timestamp updatedAt;

    @Column(name="is_archived")
    private short isArchived;

    @Column(name="is_validated")
    private short isValidated;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "userId")
    private List<Address> addresses;

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getFirstName() {
        return firstName;
    }

    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
    }

    public String getLastName() {
        return lastName;
    }

    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }

    public String getPassword() {
        return password;
    }

    public void setPassword(String password) {
        String hashedPassword = null;
        try{
            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            md.update(password.getBytes(), 0, password.length());
            hashedPassword = new BigInteger(1, md.digest()).toString(16);
            this.password = hashedPassword;

        } catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Date getBornOn() {
        return bornOn;
    }

    public void setBornOn(Date bornOn) {
        this.bornOn = bornOn;
    }

    public Timestamp getCreatedAt() {
        return createdAt;
    }

    public void setCreatedAt(Timestamp createdAt) {
        this.createdAt = createdAt;
    }

    public Timestamp getUpdatedAt() {
        return updatedAt;
    }

    public void setUpdatedAt(Timestamp updatedAt) {
        this.updatedAt = updatedAt;
    }

    public short getIsArchived() {
        return isArchived;
    }

    public void setIsArchived(short isArchived) {
        this.isArchived = isArchived;
    }

    public short getIsValidated() {
        return isValidated;
    }

    public void setIsValidated(short isValidated) {
        this.isValidated = isValidated;
    }

    public List<Address> getAddresses() {
        return addresses;
    }

    public void setAddresses(List<Address> addresses) {
        this.addresses = addresses;
    }
}

The Dao is :

protected void saveOrUpdate(Object obj){
    try{
        startOperation();
        session.saveOrUpdate(obj);
        transaction.commit();
    } catch(HibernateException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        flushAndClose();
    }
}

HibernateUtil code :

public class HibernateUtil {
    private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory = buildSessionFactory();

    private static SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() {
        try {
            // Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
            return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
        } catch (Throwable ex) {
            // Make sure you log the exception, as it might be swallowed
            System.err.println("SessionFactory creation failed." + ex);
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
        }
    }

    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        return sessionFactory;
    }

    public static void shutdown() {
        // Close caches and connection pools
        getSessionFactory().close();
    }
}

And finally the part of code where I add a new user :

// We create our user
UserDao userDao = new UserDao();
User fabulous = new User();

fabulous.setFirstName(firstName);
fabulous.setLastName(lastName);
fabulous.setEmail(email);
fabulous.setPassword(password);
//fabulous.setCreatedAt(dt);

userDao.create(fabulous);

PS : Create method :

(UserDao extends Dao)
public void create(User user) {
        super.saveOrUpdate(user);
    }

AND : flushAndClose() Method

private void flushAndClose(){
    session.flush();
    session.close();
}

AND OF COURSE ! The complete slacktrace !

java.lang.NullPointerException
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.flushAndClose(Dao.java:71)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.saveOrUpdate(Dao.java:20)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.UserDao.create(UserDao.java:14)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.forms.UserRegisterForm.registerUser(UserRegisterForm.java:91)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.servlets.Register.doPost(Register.java:26)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:648)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)

EDITED : I've tried to put a try/catch block inside the method flushAndClose. Nos I have this slacktrace :

javax.servlet.ServletException: L''exécution de la servlet a lancé une exception
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)

caused by

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.HibernateUtil.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:16)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.HibernateUtil.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:7)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.startOperation(Dao.java:66)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.saveOrUpdate(Dao.java:14)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.UserDao.create(UserDao.java:14)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.forms.UserRegisterForm.registerUser(UserRegisterForm.java:91)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.servlets.Register.doPost(Register.java:26)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:648)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)

caused by

org.hibernate.AnnotationException: @Temporal should only be set on a java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar property: com.viktor.solodoukhin.beans.Register.dateEnd
    org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.SimpleValueBinder.setType(SimpleValueBinder.java:179)
    org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.PropertyBinder.makePropertyAndValue(PropertyBinder.java:195)
    org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.PropertyBinder.makePropertyValueAndBind(PropertyBinder.java:216)
    org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationBinder.processElementAnnotations(AnnotationBinder.java:2238)
    org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationBinder.processIdPropertiesIfNotAlready(AnnotationBinder.java:963)
    org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationBinder.bindClass(AnnotationBinder.java:796)
    org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration$MetadataSourceQueue.processAnnotatedClassesQueue(Configuration.java:3788)
    org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration$MetadataSourceQueue.processMetadata(Configuration.java:3742)
    org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.secondPassCompile(Configuration.java:1410)
    org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1844)
    org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1928)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.HibernateUtil.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:12)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.HibernateUtil.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:7)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.startOperation(Dao.java:66)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.Dao.saveOrUpdate(Dao.java:14)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.dao.UserDao.create(UserDao.java:14)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.forms.UserRegisterForm.registerUser(UserRegisterForm.java:91)
    com.viktor.solodoukhin.servlets.Register.doPost(Register.java:26)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:648)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)

Before, I added @Temporal annotations and I've removed them because Intellij was crying. So this is why I think that there is data in cache but how to remove it ?!

the `session` attribute seems to be null. How do you retrieve it ? — Olivier Boissé, Nov 14 '16 at 16:14
1) (session.saveOrUpdate)That worked well before I add the Annotations to my class. 2) Retrieve session attribute ? I don't understand what are you asking for .... — Grechka Vassili, Nov 14 '16 at 16:22
Where does the session comes from ? How do you get it ? as the session variable is null, I think you don't initialize it correctly — Olivier Boissé, Nov 14 '16 at 16:24
The session variable is an attribute of the Dao class (I have : private Session session;). In the same Dao class I have startOperation method that initialises the session like that : HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession() — Grechka Vassili, Nov 14 '16 at 16:37
What is your Register bean? It seems there is a field dateEnd of that bean is wrong type. Your exception recommends that you should set it's type to java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar. — David Pham, Nov 14 '16 at 16:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '16 at 17:23

The problem as show in the logs is in "Register.dateEnd" bean. I did not see that you provided the code. Wrong mapping of the bean causes that your session is not able to initialize.

org.hibernate.AnnotationException: @Temporal should only be set on a       java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar property: com.viktor.solodoukhin.beans.Register.dateEnd

NullPointerException on flush [Java EE + Hibernate 4. 3.5]

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