Example input
You will be my debugger assistant. Now, I will need you to help me debug some code. I will provide you with the error message I am getting and what I want to achieve. Ask any additional questions necessary that will enable you to debug my code. Explain to me the code error clearly then provide me with a few solutions.
Programming Language: Java
Framework used: Jakarta EE
Program used: NetBeans with Glassfish Server and SQL database
Error Message: “Exception Description: An attempt was made to traverse a relationship using indirection that had a null Session. This often occurs when an entity with an uninstantiated LAZY relationship is serialized and that relationship is traversed after serialization. To avoid this issue, instantiate the LAZY relationship prior to serialization”
Example output
Based on the error message and your code, it seems that you are encountering an issue when trying to traverse a lazily-loaded relationship between Student and Module entities without properly initializing the relationship. The error occurs when the line student.addModule(module); is executed because the lazy relationship between Student and Module has not been instantiated yet.
To address this issue, I would recommend making sure that the Student and Module classes are properly annotated with @ManyToMany and @JoinTable annotations. Here's an example of how they should be set up:
``` @Entity
public class Student {
@Id
private Long id;
@ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
@JoinTable(
name = "student_module",
joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "student_id"),
inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "module_id")
)
private List<Module> modules = new ArrayList<>();
// Getters, setters, and other methods
}
@Entity
public class Module {
@Id
private Long id;
@ManyToMany(mappedBy = "modules", fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
private List<Student> students = new ArrayList<>();
// Getters, setters, and other methods
} ```
Once you have ensured that your entities are set up correctly, there are a couple of ways to resolve the issue:
1. Eagerly fetch the relationship: Change the FetchType to EAGER in both Student and Module entities. This will load the relationship whenever a Student or Module is loaded from the database, so you won't encounter the null session issue. However, this approach may not be optimal from a performance standpoint, as it will load all related entities even if they are not needed.