Hibernate version: 1.2.1.GA

I am having problems with calls to NHibernateUtil.GetClass() initializing proxies. Is this the expected behavior? I am using field based mapping, if that matters ...

Hi,

Yes, I think that's expected behaviour.

The only methods you can call on a proxy without it loading are:

1. The identifier accessor;
2. GetHashCode() (but only if Equals() isn't overridden);
3. The HibernateLazyInitializer accessor (only used internally).

I think that's it.

The code to look at is 'NHibernate.Proxy.Poco.BasicLazyInitializer.Invoke()' if you're curious.

Regards,
Richard

Is there any reason why NHibernateUtil.GetClass() doesn't just do this, which would avoid initializing the proxy:

I think it's to handle inheritance.

The proxy always inherits from the base-class in an inheritance chain ... but can instantiate a sub-class of that for the 'real' object.

There is a GuessClass() method on the NHibernateProxyHelper class that won't instantiate the proxy, but it's not guaranteed to return the correct result (hence the method name) on a mapping that has inheritance.