Hibernate version: 3.0.5

I have an persistent object with mapped collections.

SalesTransaction
SalesTransactionItems
SalesTransactionPayments

The items and payments are lazy initialized, and I use Hibernate.initialize in my DAO's for the instances where the view is going to need the item/payment details.

My problem comes in debugging, and the toString method of SalesTransaction.

I am looking for some way to detect if the mapped collections of my now detached SalesTransaction are initialized or not.

If they are, I can include their details in the toString, and the log, otherwise I want to stay away from them with a 10ft pole to prevent the expected LazyInitializationException.

The only solution I have come up with is to subclass SalesTransaction with a SalesTransactionFull what would always have the collections initialized and a different toString, but it seems a PITA just so I have some more detail in my debug logs..

Check the API again, where you have found the Hibernate.initialize(Object) method. In the same class, there is a method called isInitialized(Object).

:)

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