I'm using the QBE interface, and see that it doesn't include associations. I also see that I can include them semi-manually using the Criteria interface. That all works well.

What I want now is some code that would walk a graph of example objects and automatically add associations to the root Criteria. I think I could write that, but before I do, I have two questions:

1. Has this been done by someone else, someone who would like to share that code?

2. Is there some reason to avoid this approach? I had expected this to be either the default or a possible behavior. Not-implemented-yet is an okay answer, but if there are specific pitfalls that led to this being avoided as a design decision, I'd appreciate the warning before I jump in the pit. :)

Thanks!