Lazy Collection of Proxies X Lazy Collection of Non Proxies

lalmeida · **Joined:** Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:05 am **Posts:** 9

Hello,

I would like to know the difference between a
Lazy Collection of Proxies
and a
Lazy Collection of Non Proxies.

If I issue a Hibernate.initilize() in the lazy collection , the elements of the collection will be initialized too, in the case they are proxies ?

Or do I have to iterate over the collectin calling initialize on each element and then causing a database access on each iteration?

Thanks,
Leonardo.

gavin · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:58 pm

Hibernate.initialize() is SHALLOW. It does not go any further than the object or collection passed to it.

lalmeida · **Joined:** Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:05 am **Posts:** 9

gavin wrote:

Hibernate.initialize() is SHALLOW. It does not go any further than the object or collection passed to it.

Ok.

But supose

Code:

myCollection

is a Collection of Proxies.

If I issue a:

Code:

Hibernate.initialize( myCollection );

the proxies are initialized too?

In my tests the proxies were initialized!! It is what I want, but its not what I understood from the doco and from your afirmation...

Is it really the expected behavior?

Thanks again,
Leonardo.

gavin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:18 pm

Could happen if you use a Set, 'cos the underlying HashSet calls equals()/hashCode().