2.1.6

java.lang.ClassCastException
at net.sf.hibernate.type.StringType.set(StringType.java:26)
at net.sf.hibernate.type.NullableType.nullSafeSet(NullableType.java:48)
at net.sf.hibernate.type.NullableType.nullSafeSet(NullableType.java:35)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.dehydrate(EntityPersister.java:393)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.insert(EntityPersister.java:527)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.insert(EntityPersister.java:432)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.ScheduledIdentityInsertion.execute(ScheduledIdentityInsertion.java:29)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.doSave(SessionImpl.java:932)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.doSave(SessionImpl.java:857)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.saveWithGeneratedIdentifier(SessionImpl.java:775)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:738)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.saveOrUpdate(SessionImpl.java:1388)
at net.sf.hibernate.engine.Cascades$4.cascade(Cascades.java:114)
at net.sf.hibernate.engine.Cascades.cascade(Cascades.java:436)
at net.sf.hibernate.engine.Cascades.cascadeCollection(Cascades.java:526)
at net.sf.hibernate.engine.Cascades.cascade(Cascades.java:452)
at net.sf.hibernate.engine.Cascades.cascade(Cascades.java:503)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.doSave(SessionImpl.java:952)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.doSave(SessionImpl.java:857)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.saveWithGeneratedIdentifier(SessionImpl.java:775)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:738)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.saveOrUpdate(SessionImpl.java:1388)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTemplate$14.doInHibernate(HibernateTemplate.java:390)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateTemplate.java:228)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTemplate.saveOrUpdate(HibernateTemplate.java:387)
at com.mydomain.dao.EmployeeDAOHibernate.saveEmployee(EmployeeDAOHibernate.java:19)
at com.mydomain.dao.EmployeeDAOTest.testSave(EmployeeDAOTest.java:69)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit2.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:31)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:78)

MySQL 4

I'm curious how to best troubleshoot this kind of error? The ClassCastException is happening inside of Hibernate when persisting a set with a one-to-many relationship.

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