I'm running into a problem iterating through maps because the Iterator.next() in net.sf.hibernate.collection.Map returns a MapEntryProxy instead of my object. Therefore, JSPs written to access my objects instead of a MapEntryProxy don't work too well. :)

What's the best way around this problem ? Is my only solution to encapsulate the iteration or ... ?!

thanks!

Well this should just be a proxy so you can use it just like your normal object.

I can't.

Say my object has a getName() accessor, and my JSP refers to it as:

<bean:write name="mybean" property="name"/>

I get an exception because MapEntryProxy doesn't have a getName() method.

Am I just doing something very wrong ?

It all worked great when I used Sets, but this problem showed up with I switched to Maps...

Well, this is a map entry as in Map.Entry which has two methods, getKey() and getValue(). Use it just as you would wenn calling map.iterator().next(). So do something like

Iterator iter = map.iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry entry = iter.next();
myObject = entry.getValue();
}

In the JSTL you should be able to do seomthing like

<bean:write name="mapentry" property="value.name"> or something using the expression language. Been some time since I coded JSTL so I dont remember the exact syntax.

Rewriting every property to be "value.property" does work.

That just seems horribly wrong for implementing an O/R layer that's supposed to be non-intrusive. :)

There really isn't a better way? Anyone? Anyone?

Please read the javadoc for java.util.Map.

hint: map.values().iterator() and map.entrySet().iterator() are completely different.

Thanks, I needed a kick in the head, it's been one of those days.