Spring data Solr: IllegalArgumentException - this argument is required

Question

Whenever I try to query Solr using a Spring data repository I get the following exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: [Assertion failed] - this argument is required; it must not be null
    at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:112)
    at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:123)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$SolrPropertyValueProvider.readValue(MappingSolrConverter.java:317)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$SolrPropertyValueProvider.readCollection(MappingSolrConverter.java:423)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$SolrPropertyValueProvider.readValue(MappingSolrConverter.java:331)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$SolrPropertyValueProvider.readValue(MappingSolrConverter.java:308)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$SolrPropertyValueProvider.getPropertyValue(MappingSolrConverter.java:294)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter.getValue(MappingSolrConverter.java:147)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$1.doWithPersistentProperty(MappingSolrConverter.java:134)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter$1.doWithPersistentProperty(MappingSolrConverter.java:126)
    at org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity.doWithProperties(BasicPersistentEntity.java:257)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter.read(MappingSolrConverter.java:126)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter.read(MappingSolrConverter.java:113)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.convert.MappingSolrConverter.read(MappingSolrConverter.java:88)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.SolrTemplate.convertSolrDocumentListToBeans(SolrTemplate.java:404)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.SolrTemplate.convertQueryResponseToBeans(SolrTemplate.java:396)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.core.SolrTemplate.queryForPage(SolrTemplate.java:276)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.repository.query.AbstractSolrQuery$AbstractQueryExecution.executeFind(AbstractSolrQuery.java:312)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.repository.query.AbstractSolrQuery$CollectionExecution.execute(AbstractSolrQuery.java:335)
    at org.springframework.data.solr.repository.query.AbstractSolrQuery.execute(AbstractSolrQuery.java:129)
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:323)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:98)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:262)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:95)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:136)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:207)
    at $Proxy15.findByTitleStartingWith(Unknown Source)
    at foo.bar.Application.main(Application.java:46)

Document:

public class Product {

    @Id
    @Field
    private String id;

    @Field
    private String description;

    @Field
    private String title;

    // getter/setter
} 

Repository:

public interface ProductRepository extends SolrCrudRepository<Product, String> {
    List<Product> findByTitleStartingWith(String title);
}

Configuration + Test:

@ComponentScan
@EnableSolrRepositories("foo.bar.repository")
public class Application {

    @Bean
    public SolrServer solrServer() {
        return new HttpSolrServer("http://localhost:8983/solr");
    }

    @Bean
    public SolrTemplate solrTemplate(SolrServer server) throws Exception {
        return new SolrTemplate(server);
    }    

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Application.class);
        ProductRepository repository = context.getBean(ProductRepository.class);

        Product product = new Product();
        product.setTitle("Foo title");
        product.setDescription("Bar description");
        product.setId(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
        repository.save(product);

        List<Product> list = repository.findByTitleStartingWith("Foo"); // <-- error

        System.out.println("result: " + list);          
    }
}

Thebault

Answer 1

I Found the solution myself:

I was using the default field configuration for Solr (schema.xml). This configuration includes the fields title and description by default:

<field name="title" type="text_general" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true"/>
<field name="description" type="text_general" indexed="true" stored="true"/>

By default title is a multiValued field. This caused an error when Spring data tried to map the fields back to my Product class.

Removing multiValued="true" (or setting it to false) from the title field solved the problem.

Thebault

thank you for providing the answer - will try to improve error messages – Descartes

The error messages are still unhelpful with the latest version 1.5.4. – Mythopoeic