Uncompilable source code can be generated by the"RESTful Web Services from Entity Classes..." wizard if it is run on two related entity classes when these classes have no getter and setter methods for the fields that relate them. The uncompilable classes are converter and service classes.



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Entity1.java: 
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...
@Entity
public class Entity1 implements Serializable {

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "entity1")
    private List<Entity2> entity2s;

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private Long id;
    
    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

}





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Entity2.java: 
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...
@Entity
public class Entity2 implements Serializable {

    @ManyToOne
    private List<Entity2> entity1;

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private Long id;
    
    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

}




The "RESTful Web Services from Entity Classes..." seems to generate the converter classes with the assumption that these getter methods exist.

For example, it will generate the following method in Entity2Converter.java:

    @XmlElement
    public Entity1Converter getEntity1() {
        if (expandLevel > 0) {
            if (entity.getEntity1() != null) {
                return new Entity1Converter(entity.getEntity1(), uri.resolve("entity1/"), expandLevel - 1, false);
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

Note that the getEntity1() method does not exist and the code is uncompilable.




I suppose what I might expect here is for the wizard to create the required getter and setter methods in these entity classes (with confirmation).

It may also be sufficient to provide a message in the wizard indicating that the code generated will not compile when this occurs.