Hello there,
I am really stuck!
I have to classes an Order that contains a Collection (Set) of OrderItems. The ids are taken care off via 
sequence (PSQL).
If I add one OrderItem to the Order and save the Order all is fine. However, if I add two or more OrderItems to the Order I get a:
Code:
net.sf.hibernate.HibernateException: Another object was associated with this id (the object with the given id was already loaded): [OrderItem#0]
Code:
Order    order = new Order(  );
order.add( new OrderItem() );
sess.save( order );
is ok.
Code:
Order    order = new Order(  );
order.add( new OrderItem() );
order.add( new OrderItem() );
sess.save( order );
is not ok????
Surely Hibernate must be able to distingish the two newly created objects.
I am fully aware of the limitation that one can not have two loaded objects pointing to the same DB row, but in this case none of the objects do exist? (
http://hibernate.bluemars.net/117.html#A19)
Please help! I do not understand this. Is there an easy explanation or solution. What am I missing?
Thanks Bernie
Code:
public class Order
{
    private long      _id;
    private Set        _items = new HashSet(  );
    public void add( OrderItem item)
    {
        _items.add( item );
    }
...
}
public class OrderItem
{
    private long      _id;
...
}
<hibernate-mapping>
    <class
        name="OrderItem"
        table="T_ORDER_ITEM"
        dynamic-update="false"
        dynamic-insert="false"
    >
        <id
            name="id"
            column="id"
            type="long"
        >
            <generator class="sequence">
            </generator>
        </id>
...
<hibernate-mapping>
    <class
        name="Order"
        table="T_ORDER"
        dynamic-update="false"
        dynamic-insert="false"
    >
        <id
            name="id"
            column="id"
            type="long"
        >
            <generator class="sequence">
            </generator>
        </id>
        <set
            name="items"
            lazy="true"
            inverse="false"
            cascade="all"
            sort="unsorted"
        >
              <key
                  column="order_fk"
              />
              <one-to-many
                  class="OrderItem"
              />
        </set>
...