I'm looking to get a perspective from the forum on the following question :

I'm trying to figure out what the main differences are between using session.find() and using query.list(). From what I've read in the docs there doesn't seem to be an apparent difference between the two (as far as efficiency, overhead, stale data, etc).

What are people using, and what are the pros and cons of each approach?

Thanks for any input you may have.

Well, session.find() creates a query for you and then calls its list() method; so no difference. Make your life easier and use Query.list() if you have any plans to move to Hibernate3.