I have narrowed down the issue like this:

1. final String[] concreteQueryStrings = QuerySplitter.concreteQueries( hql, factory ); is invoked inside session.createQuery()
hql param passed to it is = FROM com.persistence.hibernate.pojo.CC WHERE ID = :ID

2. The above function returns and empty string array object. Therefore concreteQueryStrings = [];

3. Because of this length = concreteQueryStrings.length is 0;

4. Due to this the following two sad events happen.
parameterMetadata = new ParameterMetadata( null, null );
returnMetadata = null;

5. This is causing query.setParameter("ID", 5); to throw QueryParameterException.
This is obviously wrong. What is wrong with my HQL that is causing concreteQueries() to return blanks?

BTW I have hibernate 3.4.

THanks
-Anup