eclipse-ee4j / eclipse-ee4j/eclipselink

id(this) not accepted in SELECT and WHERE clauses

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Description

EclipseLink is not accepting the id(this) operation, which is new in Jakarta Persistence 3.2, when it is placed within a JPQL SELECT or WHERE clause. (It's possible other clauses might not work either -- this query only tried SELECT and WHERE),

`SELECT ID(THIS) FROM Prime o WHERE (o.name = :numberName OR :numeral=o.romanNumeral OR o.hex =:hex OR ID(THIS)=:num) ORDER BY o.numberId`

Here is the error:

```
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An exception occurred while creating a query in EntityManager:
Exception Description: Problem compiling [SELECT ID(THIS) FROM Prime o WHERE (o.name = :numberName OR :numeral=o.romanNumeral OR o.hex =:hex OR ID(THIS)=:num) ORDER BY o.numberId].
[10, 14] The identification variable 'THIS' is not defined in the FROM clause.
[108, 112] The identification variable 'THIS' is not defined in the FROM clause.
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.createQuery(EntityManagerImpl.java:1848)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.createQuery(EntityManagerImpl.java:1869)
at io.openliberty.data.internal.persistence.RepositoryImpl.invoke(RepositoryImpl.java:871)
... 42 more
Caused by: Exception [EclipseLink-0] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 5.0.0-B02.v202404111748): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.JPQLException
Exception Description: Problem compiling [SELECT ID(THIS) FROM Prime o WHERE (o.name = :numberName OR :numeral=o.romanNumeral OR o.hex =:hex OR ID(THIS)=:num) ORDER BY o.numberId].
[10, 14] The identification variable 'THIS' is not defined in the FROM clause.
[108, 112] The identification variable 'THIS' is not defined in the FROM clause.
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jpql.HermesParser.buildException(HermesParser.java:169)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jpql.HermesParser.validate(HermesParser.java:358)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jpql.HermesParser.populateQueryImp(HermesParser.java:292)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jpql.HermesParser.buildQuery(HermesParser.java:174)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.buildEJBQLDatabaseQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:144)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.buildEJBQLDatabaseQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:120)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.(EJBQueryImpl.java:107)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.(EJBQueryImpl.java:91)
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.createQuery(EntityManagerImpl.java:1846)
... 44 more
```

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Research direction

Reproduce the JPQL compilation failure with the query in the report, then trace the parser path named in the stack trace, starting at HermesParser and its validation flow. Verify completion by rerunning the SELECT and WHERE cases and confirming id(this) compiles without the reported undefined-identification-variable errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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