[hibernate-dev] Hibernate.getImplementation(Object)

For Hibernate Search I came to a problem. When a user choose field access. When I access a previously uninitialized object, and even if I initialize it (Hibernate.initialize()). The field access End up returning null all the time because of the way lazy loading is done. I worked around that using some of the code from Hibernate.initialize() if ( value instanceof HibernateProxy ) { value = ( ( HibernateProxy ) value ).getHibernateLazyInitializer() .getImplementation(); } But it seems it really should be part of the Hibernate class contract. I could use Hibernate.initialize(value); value = session.get( Hibernate.getClass(value), session.getIdentifier(value) ); but at the present time, it's hard for me to access the session, and conceptually speaking there is no real need for it. How about exposing this service in Hibernate class either value = Hibernate.initialize(value); //changing the return value or value = Hibernate.getImplementation(value); WDYT?