When querying for orders, the collection returned is a collection of customers, even though when the criteria is created it it is told that we want Orders.

This worked under hibernate 2, and stopped working after upgrading.

Example exampleOrd = Example.create(ord).excludeZeroes().enableLike(MatchMode.ANYWHERE)..ignoreCase();
Example exampleCust = exampleCust = Example.create(cust).excludeZeroes().enableLike(MatchMode.ANYWHERE).ignoreCase();

Criteria x = session.createCriteria(Order.class);
x.add(exampleOrd);
x.createCriteria("customer").add(exampleCust);

List<Order> orders = x.list();

This returns a List<Customer> when it should return a List<Order>. If I remove the example customer from the criteria, it returns a List<Order> as it should..

I've been assured this is not a bug, can anyone explain this behaviour?

I think you have a problem with the semicolons. You have:

Criteria x = session.createCriteria(Order.class);
x.add(exampleOrd);
x.createCriteria("customer").add(exampleCust);

Try:

Criteria x = session.createCriteria(Order.class)
.add(exampleOrd);
.createCriteria("customer")
.add(exampleCust);

HTH

Should be:

Criteria x = session.createCriteria(Order.class)
.add(exampleOrd)
.createCriteria("customer")
.add(exampleCust);

(I also had a semicolon problem)

Thanks. Only prob is, the addition of a customer / order example to the criteria is within a condition. So it is necessary to have the satements seperate rather than together in one.

Could you create an Example on the order.getCustomer() versus creating an Example on the cust? Is the cust definded as: cust = order.getCustomer()

I've actually tried setting the customer example in the order pojo, didn't fix it.

Also removing the semi-colons doesn't fix it either.

Thanks for the suggestions though, worth a try.