Hello there! Given this association:

@ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.EAGER)
@Fetch(FetchMode.JOIN)
@JoinTable(name="MEDIA_CATEGORY",joinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="MEDIA_ID")},inverseJoinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="CATEGORY_ID")})
private Category category;

I was expecting Hibernate to load the Category in a single select. Instead:

/* load org.acme.model.media.AbstractMedia */ followed by :

/* load org.model.category.Category */

I wonder if this is caused by the JoinTable...

BTW. Is the default behavior of Hibernate to create left joins for all associations, no matter if they are lazy or not?