i have two objects a and b. both have a many-to-many relationship and therefore they are connected in a junction table.

when i try to copy the state of a and b from one database to another, i use session.replicate(a) and session.replicate(b). both objects are saved in the database, but the junction table is empty.

any solutions?

ok this seems to be a problem with lazy loading as i close the first session before i replicate to the second session the related objects haven't been loaded on the first session so no relation is known by hibernate (problem solved?).