我有一个 ExampleRequest 可以选择具有一个或多个 ExampleRequestYear . 它目前是这样配置的（为了简洁起见，省略了不相关的字段和getter/setter，如果您还需要什么，请告诉我）：

@Entity
@Table(name = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST")
@SequenceGenerator(name = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID_SEQ", sequenceName = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID_SEQ", allocationSize = 1)
@Cacheable(false)
public class ExampleRequest implements Serializable {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID_SEQ")
    @Column(name="EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID", nullable = false)
    private Long exampleRequestId;
    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "exampleRequest")
    private List<ExampleRequestYear> exampleRequestYearList;
    public ExampleRequest() {
    }
    public List<ExampleRequestYear> getExampleRequestYearList() {
        if(this.exampleRequestYearList == null){
            this.exampleRequestYearList = new ArrayList<ExampleRequestYear>();
        }
        return this.exampleRequestYearList;
    }
    public void setExampleRequestYearList(List<ExampleRequestYear> exampleRequestYearList) {
        this.exampleRequestYearList = exampleRequestYearList;
    }
    public ExampleRequestYear addExampleRequestYear(ExampleRequestYear exampleRequestYear) {
        getExampleRequestYearList().add(exampleRequestYear);
        exampleRequestYear.setExampleRequest(this);
        return exampleRequestYear;
    }
    public ExampleRequestYear removeExampleRequestYear(ExampleRequestYear exampleRequestYear) {
        getExampleRequestYearList().remove(exampleRequestYear);
        exampleRequestYear.setExampleRequest(null);
        return exampleRequestYear;
    }
}
@Entity
@Table(name = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_YEAR")
@IdClass(ExampleRequestYearPK.class)
public class ExampleRequestYear implements Serializable {
    @Id
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private Integer year;
    @Id
    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID", referencedColumnName = "EXAMPLE_REQUEST_ID")
    private ExampleRequest exampleRequest;
    public ExampleRequestYear() {
    }
    public void setExampleRequest(ExampleRequest exampleRequest) {
        this.exampleRequest = exampleRequest;
    }
    public ExampleRequest getExampleRequest() {
        return exampleRequest;
    }
}

部分代码是由ide自动生成的，我现在还在考虑jpa，所以可能有很多设计错误。
当我创建一个新的 ExampleRequest :

ExampleRequest exampleRequest = new ExampleRequest();
ExampleRequestYear exampleRequestYear = new ExampleRequestYear(2020);
request.addExampleRequestYear(exampleRequestYear);

但是，我不知道如何编辑现有的 ExampleRequest 因为我不确定该如何检索链接的实体。根据我读过的文章，延迟抓取应该是自动的，但是当我尝试这样做时：

ExampleRequest exampleRequest = employeeRequestsController.getExampleRequestById(123);
System.out.println(exampleRequest.getExampleRequestYearList().size());

... 我得到一个空指针异常 .size() 因为getter会运行，但既不会初始化空列表，也不会从db中检索项：

public List<ExampleRequestYear> getExampleRequestYearList() {
    if(this.exampleRequestYearList == null){
        // Field is null and conditional is entered
        this.exampleRequestYearList = new ArrayList<ExampleRequestYear>();
        // After initialisation, field is still null!
    }
    return this.exampleRequestYearList;
}

另外，切换到 FetchType.EAGER 完全解决了这个问题。我错过了什么？
有关应用程序设计的更多详细信息。这个 Resource 处理http请求的类与一组 Controller 像这样的课程：

@Stateless(name = "ISomeActionController", mappedName = "ISomeActionController")
public class SomeActionController implements ISomeActionController {
    @EJB
    private IFooDAO fooDao;
    @EJB
    private IBarDAO barDao;
    @Override
    public ExampleRequest getExampleRequestById(Long exampleRequestId) {
        return fooDao.getEntityById(exampleRequestId);
    }
}

在道的课堂上 EntityManager 注入的是使用过的：

@Local
public interface IGenericDAO<T> {
    public T persistEntity(T o);
    public T persistEntityCommit(T o);
    public void removeEntity(T o);
    public void removeEntity(long id);
    public T mergeEntity(T o);
    public List<T> getEntitiesFindAll();
    public List<T> getEntitiesFindAllActive();
    public T getEntityById(Object id);
}
public interface IFooDAO extends IGenericDAO<ExampleRequest> {
    public void flushDAO();
    public ExampleRequest getExampleRequestById(Long exampleRequestId);
}
@Stateless(name = "IFooDAO", mappedName = "IFooDAO")
public class FooDAO extends GenericDAO<ExampleRequest> implements IFooDAO {
    public FooDAO() {
        super(ExampleRequest.class);
    }
    @Override
    public void flushDAO(){
        em.flush();
    }
    @Override
    public ExampleRequest getExampleRequestById(Long exampleRequestId){
        String sql = "...";
        Query query = em.createNativeQuery(sql, ExampleRequest.class);
        //...
    }
}