Question

I am using PropertyRef for one of my References properties. With LazyLoad() it still does a Select and loads the User entity, even though I never “hit” the SalesPerson property.

Order Mapping

Id(x => x.Id).GeneratedBy.Native();
References(x => x.SalesPerson)
                        .LazyLoad()
                        .PropertyRef(x => x.Username)
                        .Column("rsm");
Map(x => x.Title);

Order Class

public class Order : BaseEntity
{
    ...
    public virtual User SalesPerson { get; set; }
    public virtual string Title { get; set; }
    ...
}

User Mapping

Id(x => x.Id).GeneratedBy.Native();
Map(x => x.Username).Column("login");

User Class

public class User : BaseEntity
{
     public virtual string Username { get; set; }
     ...
}

Generated Order Mapping

<many-to-one class="Project.User" lazy="proxy" name="SalesPerson" property-ref="Username">
      <column name="rsm" />
</many-to-one>

Executing Code

var order = session.Get<Order>(1);
Console.WriteLine(order.Title);

Is there anyway to prevent the Select to load the User entity when I’m not using the User entity?

Answer 1

Has to do with property-ref see
NHibernate creates proxy via session.Load(), but not via Linq or Criteria API

And not that you asked, but also consider that many-to-one with proxy does not allow you to do type-checking if you subclass User, see
http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2010/01/28/nhibernate-new-feature-no-proxy-associations.aspx