define named query in orm.xml with jpa and hibernate

Question

I'm trying to put my named queries in my orm.xml (put in META-INF with persistence.xml) but my orm.xml seems to be ignored by hibernate/jpa.

When I try to create my named query with em.createNamedQuery("myQuery"), it returns that it can't find this query.

I use annotation and I would like to externalize my named queries in orm.xml (only that).

Here is my persistence.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd" version="1.0">

<persistence-unit name="default" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
    <mapping-file>META-INF/orm.xml</mapping-file>

    <class>com.mysite.Account</class>

    <properties>
        <property name="hibernate.cache.provider_class" value="net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.EhCacheProvider" />
        <property name="hibernate.cache.use_query_cache" value="true" />
        <property name="hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache" value="true" />
        <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
        <property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true" />
        <property name="use_sql_comments" value="false" />
        <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.MYSQLDialect" />
        <property name="hibernate.c3p0.min_size" value="5" />
        <property name="hibernate.c3p0.max_size" value="20" />
        <property name="hibernate.c3p0.timeout" value="300" />
        <property name="hibernate.c3p0.max_statements" value="50" />
        <property name="hibernate.c3p0.idle_test_period" value="3000" />

        <property name="hibernate.search.default.directory_provider" value="org.hibernate.search.store.FSDirectoryProvider" />
    </properties>

</persistence-unit>

</persistence>

here is my orm.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<entity-mappings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm_1_0.xsd" version="1.0">

<package>com.mysite</package>

<entity class="Account">
    <sql-result-set-mapping name="nicknames">
        <column-result name="nickname" />
    </sql-result-set-mapping>
    <table name="Account" />
    <named-native-query name="myQuery" result-set-mapping="nicknames">
        <query><![CDATA[select a.nickname from Account a]]>
    </query>
    </named-native-query>
</entity>
</entity-mappings>

What I'm doing wrong ? Why my orm.xml is ignored ?

thanks

Answer 1

Ok I finally got it !

I was saving my orm.xml in META-INF directory. When I move this file to my package where I have my domain object (like in my example: com.mysite), the orm.xml is not ignored and all run.

I also need to change the path in mapping-file (persistence.xml) : com/mysite/orm.xml

Answer 2

Your orm.xml has a minor error in it that breaks the whole thing. The point is that the sequence of elements' declarations should comply with the respective XML schema (which is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm_1_0.xsd in particular). That is easy to check by running the xml code through a validator which honours xml schemas. Below is the corrected version of your orm.xml that must work as a charm.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<entity-mappings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm"
                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                 xsi:schemaLocation="
                     http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm
                     http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm_1_0.xsd"
                 version="1.0">

    <package>com.mysite</package>

    <entity class="Account">
        <table name="Account" />
        <named-native-query name="myQuery" result-set-mapping="nicknames">
            <query><![CDATA[
            select a.nickname from Account a
            ]]></query>
        </named-native-query>
        <sql-result-set-mapping name="nicknames">
            <column-result name="nickname" />
        </sql-result-set-mapping>
    </entity>
</entity-mappings>