Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16729 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16729?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNzc4ZG... ) Re: Instantiate a proxy of the correct class for ManyToOne associated to an inheritance hierarchy ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16729?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNzc4ZG... ) As to whether you should close the issue, well, in principle the feature already exists. Now, in its current incarnation it comes with lots of limitations, in particular: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16730 and for sure it would be nice to consider improving @Any , or perhaps somehow merging the idea a bit with regular association mappings, but I’m not sure your issue description really captures any of the work which is really required. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16729#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16729#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#100225- sha1:40c4da4 )