updating an entity does not work using the repository pattern

[ealcantara22]

Describe the bug
I'm writing a REST API in quarkus and today I've noticed that all the update methods stop working. As mentioned in the issue title I'm using the repository pattern (personal choise).

Basically, performing a PUT or PATCH request does not save the changes into the database no matter if the action is marked as Transactional.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

@Entity
public class Department {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    public Long id;

    @NotBlank(message = "Department name is required")
    @Column(nullable = false)
    public String name;

}

@ApplicationScoped
public class DepartmentRepository implements PanacheRepository<Department> {
}

// DepartmentService Class
public Department update(Department department, DepartmentDto data) {
   departmentMapper.map(data, department);  //MapStruct
   validateDepartment(department); //ConstraintValidator
   departmentRepository.persist(department);
   return department;
}

@Path("/departments")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public class DepartmentResource {
   @Inject
   DepartmentMapper departmentMapper;

   @Inject
   DepartmentService departmentService;

   @PUT
   @Path("/{id}")
   @Transactional
   public DepartmentDto update(@PathParam("id") Long id, DepartmentDto data) {
       Department department = departmentService.getById(id);

       if (department == null)
            throw new NotFoundException("Department not found");

       return departmentMapper.toDto(departmentService.update(department, data));
    }
}

Configuration

# Add your application.properties here, if applicable.
quarkus.datasource.db-kind = postgresql
quarkus.datasource.username = postgres
quarkus.datasource.password = *********
quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/quarkus

quarkus.hibernate-orm.database.generation = update

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Output of uname -a or ver: Linux OP790 5.4.0-42-generic Add proper logging #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 00:24:02 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Output of java -version: openjdk 11.0.8 2020-07-14

Additional context
I adjusted the logic above to use the active record pattern and it worked without problems.

Thanks for the great work!! 👍🏼

[loicmathieu]

@ealcantara22 if your entity didn't extends PanacheEntity or PanacheEntityBase it must be a valid JPA entity with it's getters and setters. If you don't want to write those getters and setters you can have your entity extends PanacheEntity or PanacheEntitybase even if you are using the repository pattern.
More info in the guide: https://quarkus.io/guides/hibernate-orm-panache#solution-2-using-the-repository-pattern

[ealcantara22]

I see, yeah both suggestions worked just fine. Thanks @loicmathieu

[loicmathieu]

OK, so I close the issue