Fetching Strategies In Hibernate

One thing always to remember is that the fetching strategies - as defined within Hibernate mapping configuration - only affect data retrieval via Session.get(), Session.load() and association navigation, plus Criteria queries, as long as they do not override fetch behavior via Criteria.setFetchMode(). HQL in contrast works in a kind of WYSIWYG-manner - whatever fetching is defined by the query will be done, not more, and not less, with mapping configuration being ignored as far as fetching is concerned.

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