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

We tried Set instead of List and it is a nightmare: when you add two new objects, equals() and hashCode() fail to distinguish both of them ! Because they don't have any id.

typical tools like Eclipse generate that kind of code from Database tables:

@Override
public int hashCode() {
    final int prime = 31;
    int result = 1;
    result = prime * result + ((id == null) ? 0 : id.hashCode());
    return result;
}

You may also read this article that explains properly how messed up JPA/Hibernate is. After reading this, I think this is the last time I use any ORM in my life.

I've also encounter Domain Driven Design guys that basically say ORM are a terrible thing.