Using Hibernate 2.1.2, im getting nulls from getClassMetadata(x) where x is the proxy of an entity class..

I have 2 questions:

1: The API doc says nothing about this method returning nulls, but it does say it throws HibernateException... In which cases does what happen?

2: How do i get the metadata for an entity class, for which i only have a proxy object? Is there a way to get the class of the underlying object from the proxy object?

regards,
Jesper

Hibernate.getClass(proxyObject)

Ok, didnt see that one...

my problem now is, I'm not within a session and i'm definately not within the session where the proxy was loaded, and therefore I get LazyInitializationException.. I'm sure there must be a way to get the class of the original object without having to rely on the original session!?

Also, does Hibernate.getClass(x) also work, where x is not a proxy?

Ok, I found the answer: use HibernateProxyHelper.getClass(x) where x is an entity or entity proxy...