@DynamoDbImmutable is ignored. Error: "DynamoDb bean class must be annotated with @DynamoDbBean"

Can’t get example from the docs with @DynamoDbImmutable working.

Describe the bug

Attempts to create a DynamoDbTable object fail with “A DynamoDb bean class must be annotated with @DynamoDbBean” error.

Expected Behavior

Should be no error.

Current Behavior

Error stack trace is below.

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: A DynamoDb bean class must be annotated with @DynamoDbBean
	at software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.mapper.BeanTableSchema.createStaticTableSchema(BeanTableSchema.java:156) ~[dynamodb-enhanced-2.15.49.jar!/:?]
	at software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.mapper.BeanTableSchema.create(BeanTableSchema.java:124) ~[dynamodb-enhanced-2.15.49.jar!/:?]
	at software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.mapper.BeanTableSchema.create(BeanTableSchema.java:116) ~[dynamodb-enhanced-2.15.49.jar!/:?]
	at software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.TableSchema.fromBean(TableSchema.java:80) ~[dynamodb-enhanced-2.15.49.jar!/:?]
	at no.example.customer_store.CustomerStoreDAO.<init>(CustomerStoreDAO.java:23) ~[classes!/:1]
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_242]
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_242]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:1.8.0_242]
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[?:1.8.0_242]
	at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:203) ~[spring-beans-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar!/:5.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:117) ~[spring-beans-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar!/:5.2.4.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:310) ~[spring-beans-5.2.4.RELEASE.jar!/:5.2.4.RELEASE]
	... 27 more

Steps to Reproduce

The following code works fine.

@DynamoDbBean
@Data
@Builder
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
public class Customer {
    String primaryKey;
    String sortKey;
    Instant created;

    @DynamoDbPartitionKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("PK")
    public String getPrimaryKey() {
        return this.primaryKey;
    }

    @DynamoDbSortKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("SK")
    public String getSortKey() {
        return this.sortKey;
    }
}

This code fails.

@Value
@Builder
@DynamoDbImmutable(builder = Customer.CustomerBuilder.class)
public class Customer {
    String primaryKey;
    String sortKey;
    Instant created;

    @DynamoDbPartitionKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("PK")
    public String getPrimaryKey() {
        return this.primaryKey;
    }

    @DynamoDbSortKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("SK")
    public String getSortKey() {
        return this.sortKey;
    }
}

Code from the example without Lombok also fails.

@DynamoDbImmutable(builder = Customer.Builder.class)
public class Customer {
    private final String primaryKey;
    private final String sortKey;
    private final Instant created;

    private Customer(Builder b) {
        this.primaryKey = b.primaryKey;
        this.sortKey = b.sortKey;
        this.created = b.created;
    }

    public static Builder builder() {
        return new Builder();
    }

    @DynamoDbPartitionKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("PK")
    public String getPrimaryKey() {
        return this.primaryKey;
    }

    @DynamoDbSortKey
    @DynamoDbAttribute("SK")
    public String getSortKey() {
        return this.sortKey;
    }

    public static final class Builder {
        private String primaryKey;
        private String sortKey;
        private Instant created;

        public Builder primaryKey(String primaryKey) {
            this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
            return this;
        }

        public Builder sortKey(String sortKey) {
            this.sortKey = sortKey;
            return this;
        }

        public Builder created(Instant created) {
            this.created = created;
            return this;
        }

        public Customer build() {
            return new Customer(this);
        }
    }
}

DynamoDbTable object is created like this.

public class CustomerStoreDAO {
    private DynamoDbTable<Customer> customerStoreTable;

    public CustomerStoreDAO(
            CustomerContext customerContext,
            DynamoDbEnhancedClient dynamoDbEnhancedClient) {
        this.customerStoreTable = dynamoDbEnhancedClient.table(
                "customer", TableSchema.fromBean(Customer.class));
    }
}

Possible Solution

Context

Your Environment

• AWS Java SDK version used: 2.15.49
• JDK version used: AdoptOpenJDK (build 1.8.0_242-b08
• Operating System and version: macOS Catalina 10.15.7

[mahtabsabet]

I was having this same issue - the problem was I was calling .fromBean(). When I changed it to .fromImmutableClass(), it started working.

[debora-ito]

@bigunyak that’s the documentation link I was hoping to get, I’ll add this info to make it more clear.