Hello,

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> For example, with an "article" object that is extended by 
> "BookArticle"
> and "CDArticle" - I want to get a list of all articles, but also to be
> able to tell when I iterate through the results what kind of article
> each one is... 
> 
> Ideally, I could go through the list and check for each 
> article whether
> it is a book or a cd, and cast as neccessary so that I can then access
> the specific fields of the object relating to book/cd - Is 
> this possible
> using the current release of OJB?

I do not see your problem.  Won't "instanceof CDArticle" do the trick?
If your articles are mapped to the same table, that table should probably
have a column ojbConcreteClass.  Look into repository_junit for exmples.

Olli

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