Spring/JPA: composite Key find returns empty elements [{}] - spring

Question

I have build my data model using JPA and am using Hibernate's EntityManager to access the data. I am using this configuration for other classes and have had no problems.
The issue is that I created an entity with a composite primary key (the two keys are foreign keys) , adding elements works perfectly I checked it in database but I am not able to retrieve the populated row from database.
For example if I query "FROM Referentiel" to return a list of all referentiels in the table, I get this [{},{}] my list.size() has the proper number of elements (2), but the elements are null.
The entity:
#Entity
#Table(name = "Et_referentiel")
public class Referentiel implements Serializable {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Id
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "id_projet")
private Projet projet;
#Id
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "id_ressource")
private Ressource ressource;
#Column(name = "unite", nullable = false)
private String unite;
}
here is my controller getList method:
#PostMapping(value = "/list", consumes = { MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE })
public List<Referentiel> listReferentiel(#RequestBody Long idProjet) {
List<Referentiel> referentiel = referentielService.listReferentiel(idProjet);
return referentiel;
}
and here is my dao methods:
#Autowired
private EntityManager em;
#Override
public void ajouterReferentiel(Referentiel ref) {
em.persist(ref);
em.flush();
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#Override
public List<Referentiel> listReferentiel(Long idProjet) {
Query query = em.createQuery("Select r from Referentiel r where r.projet.idProjet=:arg1");
query.setParameter("arg1", idProjet);
em.flush();
List<Referentiel> resultList = query.getResultList();
return resultList;
}
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Try creating a class representing your composite key:
public class ReferentielId implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
private Long projet; // Same type than idProjet, same name than inside Referentiel
private Long ressource; // Same type than idRessource (I guess), same name than inside Referentiel
// Constructors, getters, setters...
}
And assign it to your entity having that composite key.
#Entity
#IdClass(ReferentielId.class) // <- here
#Table(name = "Et_referentiel")
public class Referentiel implements Serializable {
// ...
}
Notice that it is required to have a class representing your composite keys, even if that does not help in your problem.