[b][u]HibernateFilter.java[/u][/b]

   public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {

      try {         

         // Call the next filter (continue request processing)
         chain.doFilter(request, response);

      } finally {
         // No matter what happens, close the Session.
         HibernateUtil.closeSession();
      }
   }

[b][u]MyStrutsAction.java[/u][/b]

         Session session = HibernateUtil.currentSession();
         Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();


        //The comp_id on contact is stupid but just for sample with composite keys!
   Query query = session.createQuery("from contact declarationsdsa where contact.comp_id.lastname=? and contact.comp_id.firstname=?");
   query.setString(0,"Dupont");
        query.setString(1,"Jean");

   Iterator it = query.iterate();
        Contact contact = null;
   if(it.hasNext()) {
          contact= (Contact) it.next();
   }
      
   request.setAttribute("contact",contact);
      
   transaction.commit(); //TODO handle rollback
   session.flush();

[b][u]web.xml[/u][/b]
   <!-- HibernateFilter -->   
   <filter>
       <filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
       <display-name>Hibernate Filter</display-name>
       <filter-class>org.mycompany.hibernate.HibernateFilter</filter-class>     
   </filter>
   
   <filter-mapping>
       <filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>   
       <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>   
   </filter-mapping>


[b][u]MyJSP.java[/u][/b]

we can display contact.getComp_id().getLastname() without getting the error on "session and proxy"

/**
* Concept taken from: http://www.hibernate.org/43.html
* <p>
* A servlet request listener that opens and closes a Hibernate Session for each request. It
* guarantees a sane state, committing any pending database transaction once the request is going
* out of scope.
*
* @see com.osc.util.hibernate.HibernateManager
* @version $Revision: 1.2 $
* @author esword
*/
public class HibernateServletListener implements javax.servlet.ServletRequestListener
{
    protected static final Log log = Log.getLog(HibernateServletListener.class);

    private static int level = 0;

    public void requestInitialized(ServletRequestEvent arg0)
    {
        //log.debug(buildMessage("requestInitialized:\t" + Thread.currentThread().getName()));
        level++;
    }

    public void requestDestroyed(ServletRequestEvent arg0)
    {
        try
        {
            // Commit any pending database transaction.
            HibernateManager.closeSession();
        }
        catch (Throwable e)
        {
            log.error("Error committing.", e);
        }
        level--;
        //log.debug(buildMessage("requestDestroyed:\t" + Thread.currentThread().getName()));
    }

    /**
     * Hack method to help see levels of thread calls
     */
    protected String buildMessage(String msg)
    {
        // Don't create anything until actually needed
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < level; i++)
        {
            buf.append("  ");
        }
        buf.append(msg);
        return buf.toString();
    }
}

    <listener>
        <listener-class>com.osc.util.hibernate.HibernateServletListener</listener-class>
    </listener>