Hibernate throws MultipleBagFetchException - cannot simultaneously fetch multiple bags

Question

Hibernate throws this exception during SessionFactory creation:

org.hibernate.loader.MultipleBagFetchException: cannot simultaneously fetch multiple b

Answer 1

I think a newer version of hibernate (supporting JPA 2.0) should handle this. But otherwise you can work it around by annotating the collection fields with:

@LazyCollection(LazyCollectionOption.FALSE)

Remember to remove the fetchType attribute from the @*ToMany annotation.

But note that in most cases a Set is more appropriate than List, so unless you really need a List - go for Set

But remind that with using sets you won't eliminate the underlaying Cartesian Product as described by Vlad Mihalcea in his answer!