hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · HibernateException

Could not resolve PropertyAccess for attribute `%s#%s`

Error message

Could not resolve PropertyAccess for attribute `%s#%s`

What it means

Error "Could not resolve PropertyAccess for attribute `%s#%s`" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/IdClassRepresentationStrategy.java:73

		return RepresentationMode.POJO;
	}

	@Override
	public ReflectionOptimizer getReflectionOptimizer() {
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public JavaType<?> getMappedJavaType() {
		return idClassType;
	}

	@Override
	public PropertyAccess resolvePropertyAccess(Property bootAttributeDescriptor) {
		final var strategy = bootAttributeDescriptor.getPropertyAccessStrategy( idClassType.getJavaTypeClass() );

		if ( strategy == null ) {
			throw new HibernateException(
					String.format(
							Locale.ROOT,
							"Could not resolve PropertyAccess for attribute `%s#%s`",
							idClassType.getTypeName(),
							bootAttributeDescriptor.getName()
					)
			);
		}

		return strategy.buildPropertyAccess(
				idClassType.getJavaTypeClass(),
				bootAttributeDescriptor.getName(),
				false
		);
	}
}

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. Ensure the IdClass declares a readable property (field or getter) for the named attribute.
2. Check that IdClass attribute names and types match the entity's id attributes exactly.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown when building the IdClass representation strategy and no PropertyAccess (field or getter/setter) can be resolved for one of the id attributes.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/00caf8728f377e6e. Report an issue: GitHub.