What does the call



do in hibernate 3.0.5?

The javadoc is a cut'n'paste of the signature without entityName, and I couldn't figure out looking at the SessionImpl's code: it simply creates a SaveOrUpdateEvent, but I don't know what are the consequences...

I think it could be appropriate to file a documentation bug, since the javadoc is invalid (it doesn't describe the entityName parameter).

Thanks in advance,

Mauro Michele

Entity name is an entity name.

so what?
What does it happen if you specify an Entity?

Hibernate tries to cast the object to that object? Fetches the appropriate mapping?

What are the consequencies on inheritance trees?

I have problems with example 10.1.5, and I stumbled on that method while searching for a way to make Hibernate populate the tables I want...

Michele

You can use entity names instead of entity class names. Nothing of what you say has any relationship with that. If the reference documentation doesn't help, maybe you want to have a look at the test suite for code examples.