Is it required to create a DTO for UI for composite identifier class also in Hibernate?

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My entity classes:

Order.java

public class Order {
    private int id;
    private Set<OrderLine> lines = new HashSet<OrderLine>();
   // Setters & Getters
}

OrderLine.java

public class OrderLine {
    private OrderLineId id;
    private String name;
    private Order order;
   // Setters & Getters
}

OrderLineId.java

public class OrderLineId implements Serializable{
    private int lineId;
    private int orderId;
    private int customerId;
   // Setters & Getters
}

My mapping file:

<hibernate-mapping>
   <class name="Order" table="TEST_Order">
      <id name="id" type="int" column="id">
         <generator class="native"/>
      </id>
      <set name="lines" cascade="all">
         <key column="orderId"/>
         <one-to-many class="OrderLine"/>
      </set>
   </class>

<class name="OrderLine" table="TEST_OrderLine">
    <composite-id name="id" class="OrderLineId">
        <key-property name="lineId"/>
        <key-property name="orderId"/>
        <key-property name="customerId"/>
    </composite-id>

    <property name="name"/>

    <many-to-one name="order" class="Order"
            insert="false" update="false">
        <column name="orderId"/>
    </many-to-one>
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>

I have created Separate DTO's for Order and OrderLine. Do I need to create a separate DTO for OrderLineId (which is a composite Identifier class as mentioned above) as well ?

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