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fix(book): use LEFT JOIN FETCH for nullable libraryPath
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27 changes: 16 additions & 11 deletions backend/src/main/java/org/booklore/repository/BookRepository.java
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Expand Up @@ -80,14 +80,16 @@ Optional<BookEntity> findByLibraryPath_IdAndFileSubPathAndFileName(@Param("libra
@Query("SELECT b.id FROM BookEntity b WHERE b.libraryPath.id IN :libraryPathIds AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
List<Long> findAllBookIdsByLibraryPathIdIn(@Param("libraryPathIds") Collection<Long> libraryPathIds);

// Only ToOne paths in EntityGraph; collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"metadata", "metadata.comicMetadata", "library"})
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b WHERE (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
// Nested to-one path metadata.comicMetadata is not honoured by @EntityGraph (produces no join,
// leaving comicMetadata lazy and causing an N+1 SELECT per book) — fetched explicitly instead.
// collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b LEFT JOIN FETCH b.metadata m LEFT JOIN FETCH m.comicMetadata JOIN FETCH b.library WHERE (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")

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Declare read-only transactions on both query methods.

BookRepository.findAllWithMetadata() and findAllWithMetadataByLibraryIds(...) are custom @Query methods without transaction annotations. Their direct caller, BookQueryService, also has no @Transactional boundary. Add @Transactional(readOnly = true) to both methods, or enforce the same contract at the caller.

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In `@backend/src/main/java/org/booklore/repository/BookRepository.java` at line
86, Add `@Transactional`(readOnly = true) to both
BookRepository.findAllWithMetadata() and findAllWithMetadataByLibraryIds(...) so
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List<BookEntity> findAllWithMetadata();

// Only ToOne paths in EntityGraph; collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"metadata", "metadata.comicMetadata", "libraryPath", "library"})
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b WHERE b.id IN :bookIds AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
// Nested to-one path metadata.comicMetadata is not honoured by @EntityGraph (produces no join,
// leaving comicMetadata lazy and causing an N+1 SELECT per book) — fetched explicitly instead.
// collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b LEFT JOIN FETCH b.metadata m LEFT JOIN FETCH m.comicMetadata JOIN FETCH b.libraryPath JOIN FETCH b.library WHERE b.id IN :bookIds AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
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List<BookEntity> findAllWithMetadataByIds(@Param("bookIds") Set<Long> bookIds);

@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -116,9 +118,10 @@ Optional<BookEntity> findByLibraryPath_IdAndFileSubPathAndFileName(@Param("libra
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b WHERE b.library.id = :libraryId AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
List<BookEntity> findAllForDuplicateDetection(@Param("libraryId") Long libraryId);

// Only ToOne paths in EntityGraph; collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"metadata", "metadata.comicMetadata", "library"})
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b WHERE b.library.id IN :libraryIds AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
// Nested to-one path metadata.comicMetadata is not honoured by @EntityGraph (produces no join,
// leaving comicMetadata lazy and causing an N+1 SELECT per book) — fetched explicitly instead.
// collections (authors, categories, moods, tags, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b LEFT JOIN FETCH b.metadata m LEFT JOIN FETCH m.comicMetadata JOIN FETCH b.library WHERE b.library.id IN :libraryIds AND (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
List<BookEntity> findAllWithMetadataByLibraryIds(@Param("libraryIds") Collection<Long> libraryIds);

@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -483,8 +486,10 @@ List<BookEntity> findBooksBySeriesNameUngrouped(
* Only ToOne paths in EntityGraph to avoid Cartesian product with LIMIT;
* collections (authors, categories, tags, moods, shelves, bookFiles) loaded via @BatchSize.
*/
@EntityGraph(attributePaths = {"metadata", "metadata.comicMetadata", "libraryPath", "library"})
@Query("SELECT b FROM BookEntity b WHERE (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
// Nested to-one path metadata.comicMetadata is not honoured by @EntityGraph (produces no join,
// leaving comicMetadata lazy and causing an N+1 SELECT per book) — fetched explicitly instead.
@Query(value = "SELECT b FROM BookEntity b LEFT JOIN FETCH b.metadata m LEFT JOIN FETCH m.comicMetadata JOIN FETCH b.libraryPath JOIN FETCH b.library WHERE (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)",
countQuery = "SELECT COUNT(b) FROM BookEntity b WHERE (b.deleted IS NULL OR b.deleted = false)")
Page<BookEntity> findAllWithMetadataPage(Pageable pageable);

/**
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141 changes: 140 additions & 1 deletion backend/src/test/java/org/booklore/repository/BookRepositoryDataJpaTest.java
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entityManager.clear();

Optional<BookEntity> result = bookRepository.findByIdForKoboDownload(1L);
Optional<BookEntity> result = bookRepository.findByIdForKoboDownload(book.getId());

TestTransaction.end();

Expand All @@ -131,4 +131,143 @@ void findAllWithMetadataByIds_executesAgainstJpaMetamodel() {
assertThat(bookEntity.getId()).isEqualTo(book.getId());
assertThat(bookEntity.getPrimaryBookFile()).isNotNull();
}

private record LibraryFixture(Long libraryId, List<Long> bookIds) {
}

private LibraryFixture persistLibraryWithBooks(int bookCount) {
LibraryEntity library = LibraryEntity.builder()
.name("Test Library")
.icon("book")
.watch(false)
.formatPriority(List.of(BookFileType.EPUB, BookFileType.PDF))
.build();
entityManager.persist(library);
entityManager.flush();

LibraryPathEntity libraryPath = LibraryPathEntity.builder()
.library(library)
.path("/test/path")
.build();
entityManager.persist(libraryPath);
entityManager.flush();

List<Long> bookIds = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < bookCount; i++) {
BookEntity book = BookEntity.builder()
.library(library)
.libraryPath(libraryPath)
.addedOn(Instant.now())
.deleted(false)
.build();
entityManager.persist(book);
entityManager.flush();

BookMetadataEntity metadata = BookMetadataEntity.builder()
.book(book)
.title("Book " + i)
.build();
entityManager.persist(metadata);
bookIds.add(book.getId());
}
entityManager.flush();
entityManager.clear();
return new LibraryFixture(library.getId(), bookIds);
}

private org.hibernate.stat.Statistics resetStatistics() {
org.hibernate.stat.Statistics statistics = entityManager.getEntityManagerFactory()
.unwrap(org.hibernate.SessionFactory.class)
.getStatistics();
statistics.setStatisticsEnabled(true);
statistics.clear();
return statistics;
}

// No comic_metadata row exists for any book in these fixtures — accessing it is what
// previously triggered a per-book SELECT (see #2482). Each fetch plan below issues exactly
// one SELECT regardless of book count, so the statement count is asserted against a fixed
// upper bound rather than one derived from bookCount.
private static final long MAX_STATEMENTS_FOR_FIXED_FETCH_PLAN = 2;

@Test
void findAllWithMetadata_doesNotIssueOneSelectPerBookForComicMetadata() {
int bookCount = 20;
persistLibraryWithBooks(bookCount);
org.hibernate.stat.Statistics statistics = resetStatistics();

List<BookEntity> books = bookRepository.findAllWithMetadata();
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for (BookEntity book : books) {
assertThat(book.getMetadata().getComicMetadata()).isNull();
}

long statementCount = statistics.getPrepareStatementCount();
TestTransaction.end();

assertThat(books).hasSize(bookCount);
assertThat(statementCount)
.as("statement count must not scale with the number of books")
.isLessThanOrEqualTo(MAX_STATEMENTS_FOR_FIXED_FETCH_PLAN);
}

@Test
void findAllWithMetadataByIds_doesNotIssueOneSelectPerBookForComicMetadata() {
int bookCount = 20;
LibraryFixture fixture = persistLibraryWithBooks(bookCount);
org.hibernate.stat.Statistics statistics = resetStatistics();

List<BookEntity> books = bookRepository.findAllWithMetadataByIds(new java.util.HashSet<>(fixture.bookIds()));
for (BookEntity book : books) {
assertThat(book.getMetadata().getComicMetadata()).isNull();
}

long statementCount = statistics.getPrepareStatementCount();
TestTransaction.end();

assertThat(books).hasSize(bookCount);
assertThat(statementCount)
.as("statement count must not scale with the number of books")
.isLessThanOrEqualTo(MAX_STATEMENTS_FOR_FIXED_FETCH_PLAN);
}

@Test
void findAllWithMetadataByLibraryIds_doesNotIssueOneSelectPerBookForComicMetadata() {
int bookCount = 20;
LibraryFixture fixture = persistLibraryWithBooks(bookCount);
org.hibernate.stat.Statistics statistics = resetStatistics();

List<BookEntity> books = bookRepository.findAllWithMetadataByLibraryIds(List.of(fixture.libraryId()));
for (BookEntity book : books) {
assertThat(book.getMetadata().getComicMetadata()).isNull();
}

long statementCount = statistics.getPrepareStatementCount();
TestTransaction.end();

assertThat(books).hasSize(bookCount);
assertThat(statementCount)
.as("statement count must not scale with the number of books")
.isLessThanOrEqualTo(MAX_STATEMENTS_FOR_FIXED_FETCH_PLAN);
}

@Test
void findAllWithMetadataPage_doesNotIssueOneSelectPerBookForComicMetadata() {
int bookCount = 20;
persistLibraryWithBooks(bookCount);
org.hibernate.stat.Statistics statistics = resetStatistics();

List<BookEntity> books = bookRepository.findAllWithMetadataPage(
org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest.of(0, bookCount)).getContent();
for (BookEntity book : books) {
assertThat(book.getMetadata().getComicMetadata()).isNull();
}

long statementCount = statistics.getPrepareStatementCount();
TestTransaction.end();

assertThat(books).hasSize(bookCount);
assertThat(statementCount)
.as("statement count must not scale with the number of books")
.isLessThanOrEqualTo(MAX_STATEMENTS_FOR_FIXED_FETCH_PLAN + 1); // +1 for the paging COUNT query
}
}