Hibernate, getting duplicate values

Question

I am writing a very simple query, but I am getting duplicate values for some reason.

Criteria cr = session.createCriteria(ProcessInstance.class, "p")
        .add(Restrictions.isNull("end"));
@Cleanup ScrollableResults sr = cr.scroll(ScrollMode.FORWARD_ONLY);

while (sr.next()) {
    pi = (ProcessInstance) sr.get(0);
    String id = pi.getId(); //Getting duplicate values
}

The pi.getId() returns duplicate values. ie: *9,9,10,10,11,11 etc*

However, running this query directly in mysql

SELECT * FROM JBPM_PROCESSINSTANCE J where J.END_ IS NULL

Does not return duplicate values.

Can anyone spot what is wrong?

Answer 1

The fast workarround would be to use a Distinct Root Entity Result Transformer.

...
crit.setResultTransformer(CriteriaSpecification.DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITY);
List unique = crit.List();
...

But this is only a workarround.

I ques the problem belongs to your mapping. If there is any eager loaded 1:n relationship from ProcessInstance to something else (call it X), and there are several (n) X for one ProcessInstance, the you will get several ProcessInstance items (n) in the result list for a single ProcessInstance. -- If this is realy the cause, than the workarround is not just a workarround, then it would be the solution.