Serialize Point from postgresql database to Java object - spring

Question

Which format should a postgresql field be retrieved in, for Hibernate to automatically deserialize it into an org.postgis.Point, or more generally an org.postgis.Geometry object?
Example:
#Formula("ST_PointOnSurface(surface)::geometry")
private Point pointOnSurface;
I have tried to wrap the above expression in ST_AsGeoJson, ST_AsBinary and other functions, but all result in the following exception when attempting to deserialize:
Caused by: org.hibernate.type.SerializationException: could not deserialize
at org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper.doDeserialize(SerializationHelper.java:243)
at org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper.deserialize(SerializationHelper.java:287)
at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.SerializableTypeDescriptor.fromBytes(SerializableTypeDescriptor.java:139)
at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.SerializableTypeDescriptor.wrap(SerializableTypeDescriptor.java:114)
at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.SerializableTypeDescriptor.wrap(SerializableTypeDescriptor.java:28)
at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.VarbinaryTypeDescriptor$2.doExtract(VarbinaryTypeDescriptor.java:60)
at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.BasicExtractor.extract(BasicExtractor.java:47)
at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.nullSafeGet(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:258)
at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.nullSafeGet(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:254)
at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.nullSafeGet(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:244)
at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.hydrate(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:327)
at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.hydrate(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2775)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadFromResultSet(Loader.java:1741)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.instanceNotYetLoaded(Loader.java:1667)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.getRow(Loader.java:1556)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.getRowFromResultSet(Loader.java:740)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.processResultSet(Loader.java:985)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQuery(Loader.java:943)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:349)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doList(Loader.java:2615)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doList(Loader.java:2598)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.listIgnoreQueryCache(Loader.java:2430)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.list(Loader.java:2425)
at org.hibernate.loader.hql.QueryLoader.list(QueryLoader.java:502)
at org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.QueryTranslatorImpl.list(QueryTranslatorImpl.java:371)
at org.hibernate.engine.query.spi.HQLQueryPlan.performList(HQLQueryPlan.java:216)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.list(SessionImpl.java:1459)
at org.hibernate.query.internal.AbstractProducedQuery.doList(AbstractProducedQuery.java:1426)
at org.hibernate.query.internal.AbstractProducedQuery.list(AbstractProducedQuery.java:1398)
at org.hibernate.Query.getResultList(Query.java:417)
at org.hibernate.query.criteria.internal.compile.CriteriaQueryTypeQueryAdapter.getResultList(CriteriaQueryTypeQueryAdapter.java:72)
at my.confidential.package.name.MyEntityDaoImpl.getAll(MyEntityDaoImpl.java:42)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1168.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.__invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:45009)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:45012)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:333)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:190)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:136)
... 34 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header: 30313031
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:866)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:358)
at org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper$CustomObjectInputStream.<init>(SerializationHelper.java:309)
at org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper$CustomObjectInputStream.<init>(SerializationHelper.java:299)
at org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper.doDeserialize(SerializationHelper.java:218)
... 74 common frames omitted
PostgreSQL 12.3 with postgis extension
The column surface is of type geometry
Java 8
net.postgis:postgis-geometry:2.5.0
org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:1.0.0.Final
Hibernate 5.2.4
Spring 4.3.25

Answer 1

Use hibernate spatial. Check out https://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-spatial
Mapping custom types is much more complex than simple types but you can still do it using Hibernate. Check out baeldung.com/hibernate-custom-types