Steve Ebersole ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16357 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16357?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNTE0Nj... ) Re: Clean up EntityPersister and CollectionPersister state ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16357?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNTE0Nj... ) Even though this state is no longer used by Hibernate, there are public (api/spi) methods providing access to much of it. Which brings up an interesting discussion about deprecation versus removal of such public methods when such state is no longer used. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16357#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16357#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100219- sha1:ac3e918 )