I just looked over the LazyInitializer code to manage equals() and hashCode() in a proxy and it seems like there's a problem. I'm trying to use an entity as a hash map key without requiring it to be initialized, and the code tries to handle this - except that this behavior is disabled if the entity overrides equals. However, won't it be the case that entities (at least ones used as hashmap keys) are always going to need to override equals()? A hashmap on reference equality is pretty useless.
It seems to me that the only practical convention here is to require that entity equals() follow identity rules if it's going to be put in a hash map and use proxies. Otherwise they always have to be initialized. FWIW, my specific use case is an entity which contains a map of another entity to Float. Jeff Schnitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
