I have a requirement to load a complex object called Node...well its not that complex...it looks like follows:-
A Node has a refere
each mapping has to have lazy loading off
in Node Map:
Map(x => x.EntityType).Not.LazyLoad();
in EnityType Map:
Map(x => x.Properties).Not.LazyLoad();
and so on...
Also, see NHibernate Eager loading multi-level child objects for one time eager loading
Added:
Additional info on Sql N+1:
http://nhprof.com/Learn/Alerts/SelectNPlusOne