# No lifecycle events for @Embeddable entities in collections

**URL:** <https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/no-lifecycle-events-for-embeddable-entities-in-collections/3656>\
**Category:** Hibernate ORM\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/no-lifecycle-events-for-embeddable-entities-in-collections/3656 "2020-01-22T23:44:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![pzieminski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@pzieminski](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/pzieminski)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/no-lifecycle-events-for-embeddable-entities-in-collections/3656/1 "2020-01-22T23:44:40Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I have posted a question in Stack Overflow

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59833176/lifecycle-events-on-embedabbles-in-collections-not-called-with-hibernate>

  
but so far no luck.

Here is a copy-paste of the description.

I am trying to get lifecycle related callbacks on `Embeddable` beans using Hibernate 5.4.10.Final. I have been able to locate a bug seemingly related to this issue  
`https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12326`  
but it states the problem has been fixed in earlier Hibernate versions and I am definitely still seeing the issue it in collections of `Embeddable`.

I took the example from  
`https://javabydeveloper.com/mapping-collection-of-embeddablecomposite-types-jpa-with-hibernate/`  
and modified it slightly to illustrate the problem

I put a sample app here  
`https://github.com/pzieminski/collection-of-embeddables1`

```auto
create table user
(
 id int primary key,
 user_name text,
 password text,
 created_time datetime,
 updated_time datetime,
 user_type text
);

create table contact_address
(
 street_address text,
 state text,
 city text,
 zip_code text,
 user_id int references user,
 addr_type text
);

create table contact
(
 contact_ text,
 id int references user
);

```

Then I have the beans

```auto
@Data
@Entity(name = "user")
public class User {

   @Id
   @Column(name = "id")
   private Integer id;

   @Column(name = "user_name")
   private String userName;

   @Column(name = "password")
   private String password;

   @Embedded
   private Audit audit = new Audit();

   @ElementCollection
   @CollectionTable(name = "contact_address", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "user_id"))
   @AttributeOverride(name = "streetAddress", column = @Column(name = "street_address"))
   private List<ContactAddress> address;

   @ElementCollection
   @CollectionTable(name = "contact", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "id"))
   @Column(name = "contact no")
   private Collection<String> contacts;

   @Enumerated(value = EnumType.STRING)
   @Column(name = "user_type")
   private UserType userType;

   @PrePersist
   public void prePersist() {
       System.out.println("User#prePersist"); // called
   }

}

@Embeddable
public class Audit {

   @Temporal(value = TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
   @Column(name = "created_time")
   private Date creationTime;

   @Temporal(value = TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
   @Column(name = "updated_time")
   private Date updatedTime;

   @PrePersist
   public void prePersist() {
       System.out.println("Audit#prePersist"); // called
   }
}

@Data
@Embeddable
public class ContactAddress {

   @Column(name = "street")
   private String streetAddress;

   @Column(name = "state")
   private String state;

   @Column(name = "city")
   private String city;

   @Column(name = "zip_code")
   private String areaCode;

   @Column(name = "addr_type")
   private String addressType;

   @PrePersist
   public void prePersist() {
       System.out.println("ContactAddress#prePersist"); // NOT called
   }
}

```

And in the interaction below the `@PrePersist` on `ContactAddress` is not called. It is called on `Audit` though.

```auto
txRunner.runInNewTransaction(() -> {
   User user = new User();
   user.setId(1);
   user.setUserName("J Doe");

   ContactAddress address = new ContactAddress();
   address.setCity("Las Vegas");
   address.setState("NV");

   user.setAddress(Collections.singletonList(address));
   em.persist(user);
});

```

Is this a bug? Expected? Has anyone else run into this?

Thank you!