How can I troubleshoot the issue of “ object references an unsaved transient instance before flushing” in Java?

213    Asked by DanielCameron in Java , Asked on Dec 14, 2023

I was developing an application by using the ORM( Object- Relational Mapping) framework like hibernate in Java programming language. During the process I encountered a scenario where I was consistently getting an error of “ object references an unsaved transient instance before flushing”. How can I troubleshoot this particular issue to enjoy a seamless workflow? 

Answered by Unnati gautam

The particular issue of object references an unsaved transient instance before flushing can be raised due to trying to save an entity that references another entity that has not been saved yet. Here is the example given to troubleshoot the issue in Java:- Suthat you have entities like “Author” and “Book”. You created a new “Book” instance aJavaet it” Author” reference to a new “ Author”. This new “ Author” has not been saved yet by you. When you are trying to save the “ book” object it shows you the above issue

Here is the solution given:-

 // Creating a new Author
Author author = new Author();
Author.setName(“John Doe”);
// Saving the Author to the database
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Session.beginTransaction();
Session.save(author); // Persist the Author before associating it with a Book
Session.getTransaction().commit();
Session.close();
// Creating a new Book and associating it with the saved Author
Book book = new Book();
Book.setTitle(“Sample Book”);
Book.setAuthor(author); // Now the Book references the saved Author
// Saving the Book
Session newSession = sessionFactory.openSession();
newSession.beginTransaction();
newSession.save(book);
newSession.getTransaction().commit();
newSession.close()

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