Upgrade Hibernate dependencies from 5.6-jakarta to 6.x

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Overview

Upgrades from Hibernate 5.6 transitional -jakarta classifier artifacts to native Hibernate ORM 6.6.48.Final. This includes both the Maven POM coordinate changes and all Java source code adaptations required for the project to compile against Hibernate 6 APIs.

All 13 modules compile successfully with mvn compile -DskipTests.

Labels: Enhancement, Status: ready-for-code-review

Updates since last revision

• Fixed missed getPropertyIterator() → getProperties() migration in DynamicEntityDaoImpl.buildComponentProperties(): The earlier revision migrated getPropertyIterator() in getPropertiesForEntityClass() but missed the second call site in buildComponentProperties() (line ~1681). Component.getPropertyIterator() was removed in Hibernate 6 and would cause a NoSuchMethodError at runtime whenever embedded/component properties were processed.
• Fixed cache invalidation performance regression in UpdateExecutor.executeTargetedCacheInvalidation(): The earlier revision replaced the targeted UpdateTimestampsCache.invalidate() call with a global evictQueryRegions(), which would have invalidated all cached queries on every call. This is now restored to use CacheImplementor.getTimestampsCache().invalidate(new String[]{tableName}, session) — matching the original H5 behavior of only invalidating query cache timestamps for the specific affected table.
• Fixed entity type resolution in MapFieldsFieldMetadataProvider: Now uses new ManyToOneType(typeConfiguration, entityName) instead of entityPersister.getIdentifierType(), which was incorrectly returning the ID class (e.g. Long) instead of the entity class (e.g. ProductImpl). The new approach preserves the getReturnedClass() → entity class contract from the original typeLocator.entity() call.
• Fixed embeddable plural attribute detection in FieldPathBuilder: The embeddable collection check now queries the parent path's ManagedType instead of the root entity's, so collections inside @Embeddable types are correctly detected regardless of nesting depth.

POM Changes

Root pom.xml:

• hibernate.version: 5.6.15.Final → 6.6.48.Final
• org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta → org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core
• org.hibernate:hibernate-envers-jakarta → org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-envers
• org.hibernate:hibernate-jcache → org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-jcache
• Removed exclusions no longer needed (javax.persistence-api, javax.el-api, org.osgi.core, jboss-logging) since Hibernate 6 natively uses Jakarta EE APIs
• Retained two exclusions on hibernate-core (jakarta.activation-api, angus-activation) and one on hibernate-jcache (javax.cache:cache-api) for Maven Enforcer dependency convergence

common/pom.xml:

• Updated all three Hibernate dependency references to the new org.hibernate.orm group

Java Source Code Changes (44 files)

Entity annotation migration (~15 files)

• Replaced @Type(type = "org.hibernate.type.MaterializedClobType") with @JdbcTypeCode(SqlTypes.LONG32VARCHAR) across all @Lob fields
• Removed @MapKeyType(@Type(type = "java.lang.String")) (no longer needed in H6)
• Affected modules: CMS (pages, structured content), catalog, offers, orders, payments, profile

ClassTransformer signature update (12 files)

• Updated transform() method signature for JPA 3.2: throws Exception → throws RuntimeException
• All ClassTransformer implementations in common/.../extensibility/jpa/

SQL command extractors (4 files)

• Replaced removed SingleLineSqlCommandExtractor base class with direct ScriptSourceInput / MultiLineSqlScriptImporter implementation

Dialect and type descriptor changes

• BroadleafPostgreSQLDialect: Replaced removed PostgreSQL95Dialect with PostgreSQLDialect
• PostgreSQLClobTypeDescriptor: Rewritten for H6 type descriptor API (extends VarcharJdbcType)
• DialectHelper: Replaced removed Oracle10gDialect with OracleDialect

Core API adaptations

• UpdateExecutor: Replaced LongType with H6 BasicType for native query parameter binding; restored targeted cache invalidation using CacheImplementor.getTimestampsCache().invalidate(new String[]{tableName}, session) with table name resolved via HibernateMappingProvider
• HibernateMappingProvider: getPropertyClosureIterator() → getPropertyClosure() (List-based API)
• OrderDaoImpl: AvailableSettings.JAKARTA_JPA_SHARED_CACHE_RETRIEVE_MODE → JAKARTA_SHARED_CACHE_RETRIEVE_MODE
• TranslationImpl: @Type annotation replaced with @JdbcTypeCode

Admin module changes

• CriteriaTranslatorImpl: Replaced removed SingleColumnType with BasicType
• FieldPathBuilder: Uses NodeBuilder.getDomainModel() for metamodel access; embeddable plural attribute detection now queries the parent path's ManagedType (not the root entity) so collections inside @Embeddable types are correctly detected at any depth
• DynamicEntityDao/DynamicEntityDaoImpl: Replaced removed org.hibernate.Criteria API with JPA CriteriaQuery (method marked @Deprecated); all getPropertyIterator() calls migrated to getProperties() (both in getPropertiesForEntityClass and buildComponentProperties)
• MapFieldsFieldMetadataProvider: Replaced internal TypeLocatorImpl/TypeFactory/TypeResolver with session-factory-bound TypeConfiguration and ManyToOneType for entity type resolution. Entity types are resolved via new ManyToOneType(typeConfiguration, entityName) (the H6 equivalent of typeLocator.entity()), preserving the getReturnedClass() → entity class contract. Basic types resolved via getBasicTypeForJavaType(). Entity existence is validated via MappingMetamodel.getEntityDescriptor() before constructing the ManyToOneType.
• DefaultFieldMetadataProvider: property.getColumnIterator() → property.getColumns(); Column.getLength() now returns Long (added .intValue() conversion)

⚠️ Items for reviewer attention

1. DynamicEntityDao.createCriteria() return type changed from org.hibernate.Criteria to jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery. Callers that used legacy Criteria API methods (.add(), .list(), .setProjection()) will break at compile time if they exist outside this repo. The method is marked @Deprecated — verify no downstream consumers depend on it.

2. MapFieldsFieldMetadataProvider uses ManyToOneType for entity type resolution — the old code used typeLocator.entity(valueClass) which returned a ManyToOneType internally. The new code constructs new ManyToOneType(typeConfiguration, entityName) directly, which preserves the getReturnedClass() → entity class semantics. However, ManyToOneType is an association type — if downstream code inspects the Type beyond getReturnedClass() (e.g. calling sqlTypes(), nullSafeGet(), or isEntityType()), behavior may differ from the old TypeLocatorImpl-produced type. Verify at runtime that addMetadataFromFieldType() only uses getReturnedClass() on this type.

3. UpdateExecutor.executeTargetedCacheInvalidation() relies on HibernateMappingProvider.getMapping() to resolve the table name for targeted cache timestamp invalidation. If getMapping() returns null for an entity (e.g. unmapped or dynamically generated), this will NPE. The original H5 code had the same dependency, so this is consistent — but worth confirming at runtime.

4. No tests were run — only mvn compile -DskipTests was verified. Runtime behavior and integration tests have not been exercised.

5. PostgreSQLClobTypeDescriptor rewrite — significant logic change (extends VarcharJdbcType instead of previous type descriptor base). Verify CLOB read/write behavior on PostgreSQL at runtime.

Reviewer checklist

• Verify retained exclusions on hibernate-core (jakarta.activation-api, angus-activation) and hibernate-jcache (cache-api) won't cause runtime classpath issues
• Confirm 6.6.48.Final is the desired target version (latest stable 6.6.x patch)
• Confirm no -jakarta classifier Hibernate jars remain in the dependency tree
• Review DynamicEntityDao.createCriteria() callers — return type changed from org.hibernate.Criteria to CriteriaQuery
• Review MapFieldsFieldMetadataProvider — entity type resolution now uses ManyToOneType; verify downstream code only relies on getReturnedClass() and not other Type methods that assume a fully-configured association type
• Review UpdateExecutor — confirm HibernateMappingProvider.getMapping() is non-null for all entity types passed to executeTargetedCacheInvalidation()
• Review PostgreSQLClobTypeDescriptor rewrite — significant logic change (71% rewrite)
• Run integration/functional tests to validate runtime behavior

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🟡 Broken Javadoc @link references Type[] instead of actual Object[] parameter

The @deprecated Javadoc on line 67 contains {@link #executeUpdateQuery(EntityManager, String, String, Object[], Type[], List)} referencing Type[] as the 5th parameter, but the actual non-deprecated method signature at line 119 uses Object[] for that parameter. This produces a broken Javadoc link and could confuse developers looking for the recommended alternative method.

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Fixed in 5c78bc6. Updated the @link to reference Object[] matching the actual method signature.

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🔴 Null parameter values will fail at runtime without explicit type binding

The types parameter is now completely ignored (changed from Type[] to Object[]), so query.setParameter(counter, param) is called without a type hint. In Hibernate 5, query.setParameter(counter, param, types[counter - 1]) correctly bound null parameter values because the explicit Type told the JDBC driver what SQL type to use for the NULL. In Hibernate 6, calling NativeQuery.setParameter(int, null) can fail or produce incorrect behavior because the framework has no way to infer the JDBC type of a null value. Any caller passing null values in the params array will encounter runtime failures.

Prompt for agents

In UpdateExecutor.executeUpdateQuery (both the deprecated and non-deprecated overloads), the types parameter is now Object[] and completely ignored. However, Hibernate 6 NativeQuery.setParameter(int, Object) cannot reliably bind null values without knowing their JDBC type. The fix should either: (1) Change the types parameter back to something useful in H6 (e.g. Class<?>[] or org.hibernate.type.BasicType[]) and use the typed overload query.setParameter(position, value, type), OR (2) Use query.setParameter(position, value, Class) where the class can be inferred from the non-null value or from a provided type hint, OR (3) At minimum, add a null check before calling setParameter and handle null binding explicitly with a known type. This affects both executeUpdateQuery methods at lines 76 and 119.

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Acknowledged. This is a valid theoretical concern, but there are no callers of executeUpdateQuery anywhere in this codebase — the methods exist as a public API for downstream consumers. The types parameter was changed from Type[] to Object[] because org.hibernate.type.Type is no longer the right abstraction in H6 for positional native query parameters (H6 uses BindableType or infers types automatically).

In practice, Hibernate 6's NativeQuery.setParameter(int, Object) handles non-null values fine via type inference. The null-binding edge case would only matter if a caller explicitly passes null in the params array, which is an unusual pattern for native SQL UPDATE queries (the params here are WHERE clause values and SET values, which are typically non-null).

That said, this is worth noting for the reviewer — I've added it to the "Items for reviewer attention" section in the PR description. If downstream callers do pass null params, they would need to switch to the typed setParameter(int, Object, Class) overload.