Why the record is posted twice in the database? - spring

Question

Can you tell me, why the record is posted twice in the database. I think. this happens because I use save() method. But shouldn't I save the master-entity and dependent-entity separately?
Controller method:
#RequestMapping(value = "/addComment/{topicId}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String saveComment(#PathVariable int topicId, #ModelAttribute("newComment")Comment comment, BindingResult result, Model model){
Topic commentedTopic = topicService.findTopicByID(topicId);
commentedTopic.addComment(comment);
// TODO: Add a validator here
if (!comment.isValid() ){
return "//";
}
// Go to the "Show topic" page
commentService.saveComment(comment);
return "redirect:../details/" + topicService.saveTopic(commentedTopic);
}
Services:
#Service
#Transactional
public class CommentService {
#Autowired
private CommentRepository commentRepository;
public int saveComment(Comment comment){
return commentRepository.save(comment).getId();
}
}
#Service
#Transactional
public class TopicService {
#Autowired
private TopicRepository topicRepository;
public int saveTopic(Topic topic){
return topicRepository.save(topic).getId();
}
}
Model:
#Entity
#Table(name = "T_TOPIC")
public class Topic {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name="USER_ID")
private User author;
#Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
private Tag topicTag;
private String name;
private String text;
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, mappedBy = "topic", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private Collection<Comment> comments = new LinkedHashSet<Comment>();
}
#Entity
#Table(name = "T_COMMENT")
public class Comment
{
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name="TOPIC_ID")
private Topic topic;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name="USER_ID")
private User author;
private String text;
private Date creationDate;
}

Answer 1

In this concrete case, you do not need to save the master and the client.
Saving the master or the client would be enough (with this concrete mapping)
But I think the main problem is that you do not have a good equals method in your Comment so your ORM Provider think that there are two different comments, and therefore store them twice.