[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1?page=comm... ] Martin Ross commented on HHH-1: ------------------------------- 1) seems to hold in case Class Parent { int pk; } Class Child { int pk; Parent parent; } Class Toy { int pk; Child owner; } Parent.compareTo(Child)==-1 ==> Child.compareTo(Parent) ==1 Toy.compareTo(Child)==1 ==> Child.compareTo(Toy) ==-1 If Parent.compareTo(Child)==-1 and Child.compareTo(Toy)==-1 then we must make sure that Parent.compareTo(Toy)==-1. It appears the only way to determine if Parent.compareTo(Toy)==-1 is true is to traverse the graph! -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira