Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-11936 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11936?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNzllMD... ) Re: Stabilize "empty composites" feature ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11936?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNzllMD... ) OK so that’s fine, I’ve never seen this practice, and I’m not sure how I feel about it, but if people like it and use it I don’t see anything wrong about it. And in that case an annotation on the Section class solves the problem, it seems to me. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11936#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11936#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#100214- sha1:d3cc1a2 )