[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-6783) Using FetchType.EAGER with @ElementCollection results in multiple entity copies returned via Criteria query

Using FetchType.EAGER with @ElementCollection results in multiple entity copies returned via Criteria query ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6783 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6783 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: annotations Affects Versions: 3.6.0 Environment: MySQL Reporter: Greg Burcher If we specify FetchType.EAGER on an @ElementCollection: @ElementCollection(fetch = FetchType.EAGER) @Column(name = "emailAddress") private Set<String> emailAddresses; then request all persisted objects of this class via Criteria: session.createCriteria(ReportSchedule.class).list(); The returned list contains multiple references to each ReportSchedule, one per email address.