[hibernate-dev] review of a patch for lazy loading of association with property-ref

Hello list, I would like to use hibernate in a new project but I miss a feature: A mapping like <many-to-one name="RE" column="RE_ID" property-ref="ID" entity-name="RE" lazy="proxy" /> ignores the lazy loading. Looking into the code I found as reason the usage of the property-ref attribute. The project database schema bases on a legacy design which I can't change. Because of that I can not avoid the usage of property-ref. So I tried to get the lazy loading running with property-ref by extending the hibernate core sources. With my changes it is now working for my project, but I do not claim that this would be the best solution, because I have only a rudimental knowledge of the hibernate internals. Is it possible that someone of the experienced developers could take a look on my changes and give me a feedback? I created a patch based on hibernate core 3.2.6.ga. Should I upload it into JIRA or can I post it into this list? regards, Lars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IBYKUS AG fur Informationstechnologie, Erfurt / HRB 108616 - D-Jena / Vorstand: Helmut C. Henkel, Dr. Lutz Richter / Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Dr. Frieder Schauble