Mapstruct - Send nested entity having (one-to-many relation) in the response

Question

I have 2 entities CallRecords and CallRecordOperators with one-to-many relation as given below

 public class CallRecords {

    @Id
    @Column(name = "id", unique = true)
    private String id;

    @Column(columnDefinition = "varchar(255) default ''")
    private String callerNumber = "";

    @OneToMany(mappedBy="callrecord")
    private List<CallRecordOperators> callRecordOperators = new ArrayList<CallRecordOperators>();


   //getter setters
}

public class CallRecordOperators {

    @Id
    @Column(name = "id", length = 50, unique = true, nullable = false, insertable = false, updatable = false)
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @JsonIgnore
    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "callRecordId")
    private CallRecords callrecord;

    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "operatorId")
    private Operator operator;

    @Formats.DateTime(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:yy")
    @Column(columnDefinition = "TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP")
    private Date startTime = new Date();

    @Column(columnDefinition = "varchar(100) default ''")
    private String dialStatus;

   //getter setter
}

So if the user ask for all "CallRecords" data I also have to give "CallRecordOperators" as they are related.

Current code for Mapper and DTOs

@Mapper(unmappedTargetPolicy = ReportingPolicy.IGNORE)
public interface CallRecordsMapper {

    CallRecordsMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper(CallRecordsMapper.class);

    @Mapping(source="callRecordOperators",target = "operators")
    CallRecordsDto callRecordsToCallRecordsDto(CallRecords callRecords);

    public abstract CallRecordOperatorsDto toTarget(CallRecordOperators source);

    List<CallRecordsDto> callRecordsToCallRecordsDtos(List<CallRecords> callRecords);

}

public class CallRecordsDto {

    private String callerNumber;

    private List<CallRecordOperatorsDto> operators;

    //getter setters
}

public class CallRecordOperatorsDto {

    private String callRecordsId;

    private String operatorId;
    private String operatorName;

    private String currentTime;

   // getter setter

}

But for above code I am getting

{
    "callerNumber": "9898989898",
    "operators": [{
        "callRecordsId": null,
        "operatorId": null,
        "operatorName": null,
        "currentTime": null
    }, {
        "callRecordsId": null,
        "operatorId": null,
        "operatorName": null,
        "currentTime": null
    }]
}

the values of operator array are null. what could be he issue?

Answer 1

It seems your are lacking the mappings from CallRecordOperators to CallRecordOperatorsDto:

@Mapper
public interface CallRecordsMapper {

    CallRecordsMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper(CallRecordsMapper.class);

    @Mapping(source="callRecordOperators",target = "operators")
    CallRecordsDto callRecordsToCallRecordsDto(CallRecords callRecords);

    @Mapping(target = "callRecordsId", source = "callrecord.id")
    @Mapping(target = "operatorId", source = "operator.id")
    @Mapping(target = "operatorName", source = "operator.name")
    @Mapping(target = "currentTime", source = "startTime")
    CallRecordOperatorsDto callRecordOperatorsToDto(CallRecordOperators source);
}