I have a Module and a Warehouse table defined as follows:

Module.java:
@ManyToMany(fetch=FetchType.EAGER, cascade=CascadeType.ALL)
@JoinTable(name="warehouses_have_modules", joinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="MODULE_ID", nullable=false, updatable=false)},
inverseJoinColumns={@JoinColumn(name="WAREHOUSE_ID", nullable=false, updatable=false)})
public Set<Warehouse> getWarehouses() {
return warehouses;
}

Warehouse.java:
@ManyToMany(fetch=FetchType.EAGER, mappedBy="warehouses", cascade=CascadeType.ALL)
public Set<Module> getModules() {
return modules;
}

I am removing a set of warehouses from a module using hibernate template like this:
public void removeWarehouses(Module module, Set<Warehouse> oldAssociation) {
try {
module.getWarehouses().removeAll(oldAssociation);
hibernateTemplate.update(module);
}
catch(DataAccessException d) {
logger.error("Exception while associating module with warehouse(s): "+d.getMessage());
throw d;
}
}

The module is getting updated properly. When I do modules.getWarehouses(), I don't see the removed warehouses which is good. However, I have a bidirectional many-to-many mapping between these two entities. Hence, when I do warehouse.getModules(), I don't expect to see the module that the warehouse was removed from. However, I still see it. Am I doing something wrong here? Doesn't dirty checking work for both the entities in this case?

thanks!