[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1873?page=c... ] Steve Ebersole commented on HHH-1873: ------------------------------------- That's what the Java compiler does in terms of static fields. Even adding a method on Environment will *not* suffice if by that you mean something like: public static String getVersion() { return VERSION; } My (limited) testing showed that compilers were smart enough to inline the value of VERSION into the caller of getVersion() in these cases as well. AFAIK, the only real option around that here is to have a non-static definition of the version, the question being from where to make that available. Of course in the interim you ca n use reflection to get this value which would be safe from compiler inlining... -- 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