JBoss: jboss-4.0.1sp1
Hibernate version: 2.1.6
Database Server: SQL Server 2000

I am using the a HAR to deploy my mapping documents, and would like to use the Auditing example in Chapter 8 of Hibernate in Action.

I've seen how to specify an Interceptor in the hibernate-service.xml file, but I am unsure how to create the temporary Hibernate Session needed for making the AuditLog entries. In the example, the Interceptor is passed the Hibernate session through a setSession() method - I'm not sure how can I do the same if the interceptor is instantiated by Hibernate itself?

Do I just call HibernateContext.getSession() inside the Interceptor?

Yes

Further to this, if I use HibernateContext.getSession(), I seem to get the same session, resulting in a loop. HibernateContext.getUnmanagedSession() gets a different session, but that too seems to result in far too many calls to post flush (for every insertion that should have a single audit entry, I get ~1600 entries!).

I think that whether I ask for a managed Session or an unmanaged Session, the Interceptor is registered with the returned Session, which results in a large number of calls to the postFlush() method on the interceptor.

Obviously, I need a session without the interceptor - my interceptor is registered in the hibernate-service.xml within the .har file.

Therefore, should I create a second mbean entry in there with the same contents as the first, except that the interceptor isn't declared, and use that mbean from within the interceptor?

Thanks for your help with this.

Please continue this in the JBoss or regular User forum. Thanks