Formalize new HQL normalize phase --------------------------------- Key: HHH-3688 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3688 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Sub-task Components: query-hql Affects Versions: antlr-rework Reporter: Steve Ebersole Assignee: Steve Ebersole Fix For: antlr-rework Normalization is the process of taking multiple ways of specifying the same logical construct and converting them into a single representation. The biggest example of this (and the main thrust of this normalization phase) is normalizing property path references into a series of joins and a terminal property-reference.