PersistentSet.clear() is not invoked on Lazy set when it is called before initialization of the set. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-5716 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-5716 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: core Affects Versions: 3.6.0 Environment: 3.6.0.Final Reporter: Pavol Zibrita When an entity is loaded which has a set of inverse elements with no orphan delete and .clear() is called on the lazy collection before the collection is initialized, than the collection is not cleared correctly. The PersistentSet.endRead() method discards any queued requests. -- 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