Fix LIKE on non-String fields failing on PostgreSQL (#3008)

* Fix LIKE on non-String fields failing on PostgreSQL-compatible databases

The like() and notLike() methods in SpecificationBuilder relied on
catching a Hibernate-specific CoercionException when LIKE was applied
to non-String fields (e.g. bigint) with a wildcard-only value. However,
with EclipseLink the invalid SQL is sent directly to the database,
where PostgreSQL and compatible databases (YugabyteDB, CockroachDB)
reject it with "operator does not exist: bigint ~~ text".

Move the non-String field check before building the SQL predicate,
making it database-agnostic and JPA-provider-agnostic. A wildcard-only
LIKE on a non-String field is semantically equivalent to IS NOT NULL
(and NOT LIKE to IS NULL), which is what the fallback already produced.

* Trigger ECA re-check
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clayly
2026-04-21 15:45:02 +03:00
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parent 4cb5b161f1
commit bdb87a95d9

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@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import jakarta.annotation.Nonnull;
import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceException;
import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression;
@@ -377,41 +376,29 @@ public class SpecificationBuilder<T> {
}
}
@SuppressWarnings("java:S1872") // java:S1872 - sometimes class could be unavailable at runtime
private Predicate like(final Path<String> fieldPath, final String sqlValue) {
try {
if (caseWise(fieldPath)) {
return cb.like(cb.upper(fieldPath), sqlValue.toUpperCase(), ESCAPE_CHAR);
} else {
return cb.like(fieldPath, sqlValue, ESCAPE_CHAR);
}
} catch (final PersistenceException e) {
if ("%".equals(sqlValue) && fieldPath.getJavaType() != String.class &&
"org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.CoercionException".equals(e.getClass().getName())) {
// hibernate throws an exception if we try to do == on non-string field with wildcard only
return fieldPath.isNotNull();
} else {
throw e;
}
// LIKE on non-String fields (e.g. bigint) with wildcard-only value is equivalent to IS NOT NULL.
// Must be checked before building the SQL predicate because some databases (PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB)
// reject LIKE on non-text columns at the SQL level, before any JPA-provider-level validation.
if ("%".equals(sqlValue) && fieldPath.getJavaType() != String.class) {
return fieldPath.isNotNull();
}
if (caseWise(fieldPath)) {
return cb.like(cb.upper(fieldPath), sqlValue.toUpperCase(), ESCAPE_CHAR);
} else {
return cb.like(fieldPath, sqlValue, ESCAPE_CHAR);
}
}
@SuppressWarnings("java:S1872") // java:S1872 - sometimes class could be unavailable at runtime
private Predicate notLike(final Path<String> fieldPath, final String sqlValue) {
try {
if (caseWise(fieldPath)) {
return cb.notLike(cb.upper(fieldPath), sqlValue.toUpperCase(), ESCAPE_CHAR);
} else {
return cb.notLike(fieldPath, sqlValue, ESCAPE_CHAR);
}
} catch (final PersistenceException e) {
if ("%".equals(sqlValue) && fieldPath.getJavaType() != String.class &&
"org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.CoercionException".equals(e.getClass().getName())) {
// hibernate throws an exception if we try to do == on non-string field with wildcard only
return fieldPath.isNull();
} else {
throw e;
}
// NOT LIKE on non-String fields with wildcard-only value is equivalent to IS NULL.
if ("%".equals(sqlValue) && fieldPath.getJavaType() != String.class) {
return fieldPath.isNull();
}
if (caseWise(fieldPath)) {
return cb.notLike(cb.upper(fieldPath), sqlValue.toUpperCase(), ESCAPE_CHAR);
} else {
return cb.notLike(fieldPath, sqlValue, ESCAPE_CHAR);
}
}