Conceptually, it is not incorrect if eager fetching requires inner join instead of outer join in some scenario. Now, if e.g., theres a hibernate criteria that is joining multiple tables, say 7, and it has 6 joins in which 4 of them are left outer and 2 of them are inner joins, will all the collections in this case will be loaded in an eager way? Can someone explains the eager fetching in context of [left] outer and inner join? Thanks.