[hibernate-dev] 6.0 - NativeQuery#getQueryReturns

For 6.0 we need to address a few problems with this method. First, although largely minor, is that we have an API contract returning SPI references. The larger concern is a side-effect of this method in terms of clearing previous registered returns if new returns have been added since the previous call (if one) to `#getQueryReturns`. When any of the `NativeQuery#addXYZ` methods are called, a "builder" is actually registered under the covers. When `#getQueryReturns` is called all previously registered returns are cleared and the currently open builders are executed and their generated returns are added to the internal (emptied) list. If this were a clean-room impl I would just add a `#register`-style method to those return builders and skip the whole queuing of the builders. But that is actually a very dangerous change to make now as it would mean that existing apps using this API would still call `#addXYZ` but no returns would actually be registered. I guess the correct direction depends on whether this method is used and for what purpose. So first, anyone know of usages of these methods either from applications or integrations? The "safest" option is to: 1. document this side-effect 2. deprecate this method - it should go away, or be rethought And we'd still have to consider the return types. One option would be to temporarily keep around the SPI forms (deprecated) and continue to return those. Ideally we'd retro-deprecate these SPI contracts and the method back on 5.2 maintenance release and just drop them on 6.0[1]. Of course if anything we know of is using this method, we would need the alternative. Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? [1] See my earlier `Continue to add 5.2 deprecations for 6.0 work?` message to this list