hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · AnnotationException

Collection '%s' is both sorted and ordered (only one of '@%s

Error message

Collection '%s' is both sorted and ordered (only one of '@%s', '@%s', '@%s', and '@%s' may be used)

What it means

Error "Collection '%s' is both sorted and ordered (only one of '@%s', '@%s', '@%s', and '@%s' may be used)" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/CollectionBinder.java:1396

				);
			}
		}
	}

	private AnnotationException buildIllegalOrderCombination() {
		return new AnnotationException(
				String.format(
						Locale.ROOT,
						"Collection '%s' is annotated both '@%s' and '@%s'",
						safeCollectionRole(),
						jakarta.persistence.OrderBy.class.getName(),
						org.hibernate.annotations.SQLOrder.class.getName()
				)
		);
	}

	private AnnotationException buildIllegalOrderAndSortCombination() {
		throw new AnnotationException(
				String.format(
						Locale.ROOT,
						"Collection '%s' is both sorted and ordered (only one of '@%s', '@%s', '@%s', and '@%s' may be used)",
						safeCollectionRole(),
						jakarta.persistence.OrderBy.class.getName(),
						org.hibernate.annotations.SQLOrder.class.getName(),
						SortComparator.class.getName(),
						SortNatural.class.getName()
				)
		);
	}

	private AnnotationException buildIllegalSortCombination() {
		return new AnnotationException(
				String.format(
						"Collection '%s' is annotated both '@%s' and '@%s'",
						safeCollectionRole(),
						SortNatural.class.getName(),

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Solutions

1. Keep only one of the sorting/ordering annotations on the collection and remove the others.

When it happens

Trigger: A collection mapping uses an annotation or annotation combination that Hibernate forbids for collections.

Common situations: Collections carrying conflicting ordering/sorting (@Sort* vs @OrderBy/@OrderColumn), misplaced @JoinColumn, or annotations only valid for single-valued associations.

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