Problems with java @GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY) using MariaDB 10.4 and eclipselink

Question

I am developing a REST web service in Java EE I am using: Glassfish 5.0 (build 25), MariaDB 10.4 and eclipselink (JPA 2.1) here is my code:

commande_line table

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cooldb`.`commande_line` (
  `id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `quantity` INT NULL,
  `discount` INT NULL,
  `dish` INT NOT NULL,
  `commande` INT NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE INDEX `id_UNIQUE` (`id` ASC),
  INDEX `fk_commande_line_dish1_idx` (`dish` ASC),
  INDEX `fk_commande_line_commande1_idx` (`commande` ASC),
  CONSTRAINT `fk_commande_line_dish1`
    FOREIGN KEY (`dish`)
    REFERENCES `cooldb`.`dish` (`id`)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE,
  CONSTRAINT `fk_commande_line_commande1`
    FOREIGN KEY (`commande`)
    REFERENCES `cooldb`.`commande` (`id`)
    ON DELETE CASCADE
    ON UPDATE CASCADE)
ENGINE = InnoDB
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = utf8;

persistance.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence version="2.2" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_2.xsd">
  <!-- Define Persistence Unit -->
  <persistence-unit name="my_persistence_unit" transaction-type="JTA">
    <jta-data-source>jdbc/mariadb</jta-data-source>
    <class>com.yac.model.Address</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Commande</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.CommandeLine</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Dish</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Dishtype</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Ingredient</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Payement</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Profil</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Restaurant</class>
    <class>com.yac.model.Userapp</class>
    <exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
    <properties>
    </properties>
  </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

commandeline entity

public class CommandeLine implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "id")
    private Integer id;
    @Column(name = "quantity")
    private Integer quantity;
    @Column(name = "discount")
    private Integer discount;
    @JoinColumn(name = "commande", referencedColumnName = "id")
    @ManyToOne(optional = false)
    private Commande commande;
    @JoinColumn(name = "dish", referencedColumnName = "id")
    @ManyToOne(optional = false)
    private Dish dish;
    //Constructor
    // Setter and Getter
}

commandeline web service

@Stateless
@Path("commandeline")
public class CommandeLineFacadeREST extends AbstractFacade<CommandeLine> {

    @PersistenceContext(unitName = "my_persistence_unit")
    private EntityManager em;

    public CommandeLineFacadeREST() {
        super(CommandeLine.class);
    }

    @POST
    @Override
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public void create(CommandeLine entity) {
        super.create(entity);
    }

    @Override
    protected EntityManager getEntityManager() {
        return em;
    }
}

AbstractFacade

public abstract class AbstractFacade<T> {

    private Class<T> entityClass;

    public AbstractFacade(Class<T> entityClass) {
        this.entityClass = entityClass;
    }

    protected abstract EntityManager getEntityManager();

    public void create(T entity) {
        getEntityManager().persist(entity);
    }
}

The problem is when I test my web service with Postman and I try to insert a record with a POST request here is what I receive as error message:

Local Exception Stack: 
Exception [EclipseLink-4002] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.7.0.v20170811-d680af5): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException
Internal Exception: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: (conn=158) Table 'cooldb.sequence' doesn't exist
Error Code: 1146
Call: UPDATE SEQUENCE SET SEQ_COUNT = SEQ_COUNT + ? WHERE SEQ_NAME = ?
    bind => [2 parameters bound]
Query: DataModifyQuery(name="SEQ_GEN_SEQUENCE" sql="UPDATE SEQUENCE SET SEQ_COUNT = SEQ_COUNT + ? WHERE SEQ_NAME = ?") ...

I don't understand why the problem with SEQUANCE when I use @GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY). When I change with @GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE) and I create the table with the following script:

CREATE SEQUENCE SEQUANCE START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1;

by applying the solution shown in : Table 'customerjpa.sequence' doesn't exist JPA but the same probleme

thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Another Solution: Add ?useMysqlMetadata=true to your JDBC URL connection as bellow:

<property name="URL" value="jdbc:mariadb://[HOST]:[PORT]/[DB NAME]?useMysqlMetadata=true"/>

that will make MariaDB use MySQL meta data and then eclipselink will detect it as MySQL.