Open Session in View Filter Spring Hibernate Struts

I am using OpensessionInViewFilter for hibernate 3 "org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSe ssionInViewFilter" and I keep getting the lazy initialization error.

Here is the filter configuration in web.xml:
<filter>
<filter-name>openSessionInViewFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSes sionInViewFilter
</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>singleSession</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>openSessionInViewFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>


Here is the hibernate properties in the sessionFactory configuration:
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">
org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect
</prop>
<prop key="show_sql">true</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache">
false
</prop>
</props>
</property>

I am using declared transaction management and am unsure if this should matter or not.

I am also using struts and accessing the spring bean through struts. Note that I am not using spring through the struts plugin, but rather through the org.springframework.web.struts.DelegatingActionPro xy.

I would love some help. It sounds like this should work.
Is there a standard way to configure

Hi,

I'm new to spring but i got my openSessionInViewFilter working.

What i did is adding the following to my web.xml:
<filter>
<filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSes sionInViewFilter
</filter-class>

</filter>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>

This is a part from my applicationContext.xml file:
<bean id="sessionFactory"
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSes sionFactoryBean">
<property name="mappingResources">
<list>
<value>rsswebclient/domain/Item.hbm.xml</value>
<value>rsswebclient/domain/Channel.hbm.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">
org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</prop>
</props>
</property>
<property name="dataSource">
<ref bean="dataSource" />
</property>
</bean>

There must by a sessionFactory bean present in the applicationContext.xml or you will get "No bean named 'sessionFactory'" error.

Hope it helps.

Kind Regards,

Josip

I have done exactly as you said and I believe the configuration is correct. My problem might in the fact that I am using hibernate through annotations instead of the usual .hbm.xml files.

Is there anything special happening with annotations and spring. Do I need to use the @Transaction in the Pojo?

Anyhelp would be appreciated.

I'm not using annotations. Maybe it has something to do with it. Could you post the logging.

In order to use annotations please insert in applicationContext.xml not "LocalSessionFactoryBean", but:

<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotati on.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">

Thank you so much! :)