Spring JPA native query with Projection gives "ConverterNotFoundException"

Question

I'm using Spring JPA and I need to have a native query. With that query, I need to get only two fields from the table, so I'm trying to use Projections. It isn't working, this is the error I'm getting:

org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException: No converter found capable of converting from type [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.AbstractJpaQuery$TupleConverter$TupleBackedMap] to type [com.example.IdsOnly]

I tried to follow precisely the instructions of that page I linked, I tried to make my query non-native (do I actually need it to be native if I use projections, btw?), but I always get that error.
If I use an interface it works, but the results are proxies and I really need them to be "normal results" that I can turn into json.

So, here's my code. The Entity:

import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;

@Data
@NoArgsConstructor
@Entity
@Table(name = "TestTable")
public class TestTable {

    @Id
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE)
    @Column(name = "Id")
    private Integer id;
    @Column(name = "OtherId")
    private String otherId;
    @Column(name = "CreationDate")
    @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
    private Date creationDate;
    @Column(name = "Type")
    private Integer type;
}

The class for the projection:

import lombok.Value;

@Value // This annotation fills in the "hashCode" and "equals" methods, plus the all-arguments constructor
public class IdsOnly {

    private final Integer id;
    private final String otherId;
}

The Repository:

public interface TestTableRepository extends JpaRepository<TestTable, Integer> {

    @Query(value = "select Id, OtherId from TestTable where CreationDate > ?1 and Type in (?2)", nativeQuery = true)
    public Collection<IdsOnly> findEntriesAfterDate(Date creationDate, List<Integer> types);
}

And the code that tries to get the data:

@Autowired
TestTableRepository ttRepo;
...
    Date theDate = ...
    List<Integer> theListOfTypes = ...
    ...
    Collection<IdsOnly> results = ttRepo.findEntriesAfterDate(theDate, theListOfTypes);  

Thanks for the help. I really don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

Answer 1

with spring data you can cut the middle-man and simply define

public interface IdsOnly {
  Integer getId();
  String getOtherId();
}

and use a native query like;

@Query(value = "Id, OtherId from TestTable where CreationDate > ?1 and Type in (?2)", nativeQuery = true)
    public Collection<IdsOnly> findEntriesAfterDate(Date creationDate, List<Integer> types);

check out https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/jpa/docs/current/reference/html/#projections

Answer 2

The query should be using a constructor expression:

@Query("select new com.example.IdsOnly(t.id, t.otherId) from TestTable t where t.creationDate > ?1 and t.type in (?2)")

And i dont know Lombok, but make sure there is a constructor that takes the two IDs as parameters.

Answer 3

JPA 2.1 introduces an interesting ConstructorResult feature if you want to keep it native.

Answer 4

You can return list of Object Array (List) as return type of the native query method in repository class.

@Query(
            value = "SELECT [type],sum([cost]),[currency] FROM [CostDetails] " +
                    "where product_id = ? group by [type],[currency] ",
            nativeQuery = true
    )
    public List<Object[]> getCostDetailsByProduct(Long productId);

for(Object[] obj : objectList){
     String type = (String) obj[0];
     Double cost = (Double) obj[1];
     String currency = (String) obj[2];
     }

Answer 5

@Query(value = "select  isler.saat_dilimi as SAAT, isler.deger as DEGER from isler where isler.id=:id", nativeQuery = true) 
List<Period> getById(@Param("id") Long id);


public interface Period{
    Long getDEGER(); 

    Long getSAAT();

}

as seen in the example code for native query given above, cast return values to any value like as "SAAT", "DEGER" and then define interface "period" which have getDEGER() and getSAAT(). Even if I have not understand why parameter after get must be uppercase, in lowercase scenario it didn't work properly. ie. interface with getDeger(), getSaat() does not work properly in my case.