JPA 2.1 Entity Graph - Part 1: Named entity graphs (http://www.thoughts-on-java.org/2014/03/jpa-21-entity-graph-part-1-named-entity.html)

defineGraph.java

@Entity
@Table(name = "purchase_order")
@NamedEntityGraph(name = "graph.Order.items", 
      attributeNodes = @NamedAttributeNode("items"))
public class Order implements Serializable {

   ...

defineSubGraph.java

@Entity
@Table(name = "purchase_order")
@NamedEntityGraph(name = "graph.Order.items", 
               attributeNodes = @NamedAttributeNode(value = "items", subgraph = "items"), 
               subgraphs = @NamedSubgraph(name = "items", attributeNodes = @NamedAttributeNode("product")))
public class Order implements Serializable {

Order.java

@Entity
@Table(name = "purchaseOrder")
@NamedEntityGraph(name = "graph.Order.items", 
               attributeNodes = @NamedAttributeNode(value = "items", subgraph = "items"), 
               subgraphs = @NamedSubgraph(name = "items", attributeNodes = @NamedAttributeNode("product")))
public class Order implements Serializable {

   @Id
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   @Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
   private Long id = null;
   @Version
   @Column(name = "version")
   private int version = 0;

   @Column
   private String orderNumber;

   @OneToMany(mappedBy = "order", fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
   private Set<OrderItem> items = new HashSet<OrderItem>();

   ...

OrderItem.java

@Entity
public class OrderItem implements Serializable
{

   @Id
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   @Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
   private Long id = null;
   @Version
   @Column(name = "version")
   private int version = 0;

   @Column
   private int quantity;

   @ManyToOne
   private Order order;

   @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
   private Product product;

Product.java

@Entity
public class Product implements Serializable
{

   @Id
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   @Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
   private Long id = null;
   @Version
   @Column(name = "version")
   private int version = 0;

   @Column
   private String name;

server.log

2014-03-22 21:56:08,285 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.spi.LoadPlanTreePrinter] (pool-2-thread-1) LoadPlan(entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order) - Returns - EntityReturnImpl(entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order, querySpaceUid=<gen:0>, path=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order) - CollectionAttributeFetchImpl(collection=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order.items, querySpaceUid=<gen:1>, path=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order.items) - (collection element) CollectionFetchableElementEntityGraph(entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.OrderItem, querySpaceUid=<gen:2>, path=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order.items.<elements>) - EntityAttributeFetchImpl(entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Product, querySpaceUid=<gen:3>, path=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order.items.<elements>.product) - QuerySpaces - EntityQuerySpaceImpl(uid=<gen:0>, entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order) - SQL table alias mapping - order0_ - alias suffix - 0_ - suffixed key columns - {id1_2_0_} - JOIN (JoinDefinedByMetadata(items)) : <gen:0> -> <gen:1> - CollectionQuerySpaceImpl(uid=<gen:1>, collection=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order.items) - SQL table alias mapping - items1_ - alias suffix - 1_ - suffixed key columns - {order_id4_2_1_} - entity-element alias suffix - 2_ - 2_entity-element suffixed key columns - id1_0_2_ - JOIN (JoinDefinedByMetadata(elements)) : <gen:1> -> <gen:2> - EntityQuerySpaceImpl(uid=<gen:2>, entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.OrderItem) - SQL table alias mapping - items1_ - alias suffix - 2_ - suffixed key columns - {id1_0_2_} - JOIN (JoinDefinedByMetadata(product)) : <gen:2> -> <gen:3> - EntityQuerySpaceImpl(uid=<gen:3>, entity=blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Product) - SQL table alias mapping - product2_ - alias suffix - 3_ - suffixed key columns - {id1_1_3_} 

2014-03-22 21:56:08,285 DEBUG [org.hibernate.loader.entity.plan.EntityLoader] (pool-2-thread-1) Static select for entity blog.thoughts.on.java.jpa21.entity.graph.model.Order [NONE:-1]: select order0_.id as id1_2_0_, order0_.orderNumber as orderNum2_2_0_, order0_.version as version3_2_0_, items1_.order_id as order_id4_2_1_, items1_.id as id1_0_1_, items1_.id as id1_0_2_, items1_.order_id as order_id4_0_2_, items1_.product_id as product_5_0_2_, items1_.quantity as quantity2_0_2_, items1_.version as version3_0_2_, product2_.id as id1_1_3_, product2_.name as name2_1_3_, product2_.version as version3_1_3_ from purchase_order order0_ left outer join OrderItem items1_ on order0_.id=items1_.order_id left outer join Product product2_ on items1_.product_id=product2_.id where order0_.id=? 

useGraph.java

EntityGraph graph = this.em.getEntityGraph("graph.Order.items");

Map hints = new HashMap();
hints.put("javax.persistence.fetchgraph", graph);

return this.em.find(Order.class, orderId, hints);