Hi Gunnar, I have not implemented the new strategy yet but here is the first pass on the abstraction and contract to allow the ogm key / cache key split. Take a look if you have time. https://github.com/emmanuelbernard/hibernate-ogm/tree/OGM-452 I need to implement the new cache key types, their marshallers and eagerly initialize all caches. _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev