Couldn't write to database using the entity manager persist method - mysql

Question

I am about developing a small application using EJB JPA MySQL netbeans7.2,
so my application has the following goal: get the list of names and their IDs and add other names to the list.
My classes are:
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package com.rachid.entities;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.persistence.Basic;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.NamedQueries;
import javax.persistence.NamedQuery;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
#Entity
#Table(name = "employee")
#XmlRootElement
#NamedQueries({
#NamedQuery(name = "Employee.findAll", query = "SELECT e FROM Employee e"),
#NamedQuery(name = "Employee.findById", query = "SELECT e FROM Employee e WHERE
e.id = :id"),
#NamedQuery(name = "Employee.findByName", query = "SELECT e FROM Employee e WHERE
e.name = :name")})
public class Employee implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Basic(optional = false)
#Column(name = "id")
private Integer id;
#Size(max = 20)
#Column(name = "name")
private String name;
public Employee() {
}
public Employee(Integer id) {
this.id = id;
}
public Integer getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(Integer id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
int hash = 0;
hash += (id != null ? id.hashCode() : 0);
return hash;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(Object object) {
// TODO: Warning - this method won't work in the case the id fields are not set
if (!(object instanceof Employee)) {
return false;
}
Employee other = (Employee) object;
if ((this.id == null && other.id != null) || (this.id != null && !this.id.equals(other.id))) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "com.rachid.entities.Employee[ id=" + id + " ]";
}
}
The session bean that uses the entity is:
package com.rachid.session;
import com.rachid.entities.Employee;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.LocalBean;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
import javax.persistence.Query;
#Stateless
#LocalBean
public class EmployeeSessionBean {
#PersistenceContext(unitName = "EnterpriseApplication1-ejbPU")
private EntityManager em;
public List<Employee> getAllEmployees() {
Query query = em.createNamedQuery("Employee.findAll");
return query.getResultList();
}
// Add business logic below. (Right-click in editor and choose
// "Insert Code > Add Business Method")
public Employee updateEmployee(Employee parameter) {
return em.merge(parameter);
}
public void addEmployee(Employee employee){
em.persist(employee);
}
}
The managed bean is:
package managedBeans;
import com.rachid.entities.Employee;
import com.rachid.session.EmployeeSessionBean;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
import javax.inject.Named;
#Named(value = "employeeManagedBean")
#ViewScoped
public class EmployeeManagedBean implements Serializable {
public EmployeeManagedBean() {
}
#EJB
private EmployeeSessionBean employeeBean;
private Employee employee;
private Employee newEmployee;
private List<Employee> employees;
public List<Employee> getEmployees(){
employees = new ArrayList<Employee>();
return employeeBean.getAllEmployees();
}
public void setEmployees(List<Employee> employees) {
this.employees = employees;
}
public void add(){
if(newEmployee!= null){
employeeBean.addEmployee(newEmployee);
}
}
public String update(){
System.out.println("***UPDATE***");
employee = employeeBean.updateEmployee(employee);
return "Employees List";
}
public Employee getNewEmployee() {
return newEmployee;
}
public void setNewEmployee(Employee newEmployee) {
this.newEmployee = newEmployee;
}
}
Unfortunately, when I invoke the method addEmployee in the jsf page, nothing is written to the database. I was worried about the transaction management handled by the container; that is the updates and inserts are managed by the container and it may not be written to the database immediately, so I annotate the addEmployee method (in the EJB) with the #TransationalAttribute(TransactionalAttributeType.REQUIRED) but the result still the same.
Is there anything that I am missing here in my code or my understanding of the issue's context?
(Note that I am a beginner in EJB :) )
Here are the jsf pages (an index page that shows the list and another one to add new element to the list):
index.xhtml file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<h:head>
<title>Facelet Title</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
Hello from Facelets
<f:view>
<h:form>
<h1><h:outputText value="List"/></h1>
<h:dataTable value="#{employeeManagedBean.employees}" var="item">
<h:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Id"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{item.id}"/>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="Name"/>
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{item.name}"/>
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>
</h:form>
</f:view>
<h:form>
<h:commandButton value="nouveau" action="ajouter.xhtml" type="submit" />
</h:form>
</h:body>
ajouter.xhtml file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org
/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core">
<h:body>
<f:view>
<h:form>
<h1><h:outputText value="Create/Edit"/></h1>
<h:panelGrid columns="2">
<h:outputLabel value="Id:" for="id" />
<h:inputText id="id" value="#{employeeManagedBean.newEmployee.id}"
title="Id"
required="true" requiredMessage="The Id field is required."/>
<h:outputLabel value="Name:" for="name" />
<h:inputText id="name" value="#{employeeManagedBean.newEmployee.name}"
title="Name" />
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
</f:view>
<h:form>
<h:commandButton value="ajouter" action="index.xhtml" type="submit"
actionListener="#{employeeManagedBean.add()}" />
</h:form>
</h:body>