Hi-
I'm using the sample code for caveatemptor-native-061211 to understand the fetching strategy when navigating a one-to-many list association. What I saw was doesn't reconcile with what I expected. Here is what I did. I removed batch-size="10" from "bids" in Item.hbm.xml. Then I wrote code to load an item and get a bids like this:


I expected to see a query for loading the bid at index 1. Instead I saw a query loading all bids for the item. Since collections are lazy loaded by default in Hibernate core and without a batch-size property wouldn't there be a separate query each time a bid is accessed? Am I missing anything else? I realize what I see is more efficient but I'd still like to understand it.

thanks,
Rossen

This is not how batch fetching for collections works. It's not about loading a subset of the list elements in batches. It's about loading _the same collection_ for _other items_ you have loaded. If you retrieve only one item, no batch fetching of several collections will occur.