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Hibernate version: 3.1 
Mapping documents:
Code:
@Entity(access=AccessType.FIELD)
public class User implements Serializable {
   @Id(generate = GeneratorType.AUTO)
   private Long id;
   @ManyToOne(cascade=CascadeType.ALL)  //TODO Is this really necessary
   @NotNull
   private Collective collective;
   
   public Collective getCollective() {
      return collective;
   }
   public void setCollective(Collective collective) {
      this.collective = collective;
   }
}
Code:
@Entity(access=AccessType.FIELD)
public class Collective {
   
   @Id(generate = GeneratorType.AUTO)
   private Long id;
   private String name;
   @OneToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL,
         fetch = FetchType.LAZY,
         mappedBy="collective")
   @OrderBy("name")
   private Set<User> users;
   @OneToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL,
         fetch = FetchType.LAZY,
         mappedBy="collective")
   @OrderBy("name")
   private Set<Category> categories;
   public Set<User> getUsers() {
      return users;
   }
   public void setUsers(Set<User> users) {
      this.users = users;
   }
   public Set<Category> getCategories() {
      return categories;
   }
   
   public void addCategory(Category category) {
      category.setCollective(this);
      categories.add(category);
   }
   
}
Code between sessionFactory.openSession() and session.close():Code:
User user = getUserFromHTTPSession();
session.lock(user, LockMode.NONE); //reconnecting user.
Collective collective = user.getCollective();
Category category = new Category();
category.setIsDeleted(false);
category.setName(getNewCategoryName());
user.getCollective().addCategory(category);
         
session.flush();
for(Category currCategory : user.getCollective().getCategories()) {
   System.out.println("category: " + currCategory.getName());
}
The first time try to reconnect user to the session (with lock()) I get 
org.hibernate.HibernateException: reassociated object has dirty collection
The thing is that I have followed the Parent/Child example in the Hibernate manual (Chapter 21) and I still don't get it to work :(