[Beankeeper-discussion] BeanKeeper instance identity.

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    Hi,<br>
    <br>
    I am not sure if this list is even alive anymore, but let's see :)<br>
    <br>
    Recently I've been trying to use BeanKeeper. It seemed to cover
    mostly what I need and is very simple to use -- which is great!<br>
    <br>
    However now I discovered something that has me completely confused.
    I assumed that BeanKeeper manages Java object instances -- to give a
    really trivial example -- if I query for something by its unique ID
    twice, I'd expect to receive the same Java object instance both
    times. However this not appears to be the case?<br>
    <br>
    For example, if I execute the following twice in a row:<br>
    log.info("Offer lookup result HASH: " +
    System.identityHashCode(DbService.findSingle("find DbOffer where
    DbOffer.offerId = '" + offer.getId() + "'")));<br>
    I get different hash codes.<br>
    <br>
    This seems very weird to me -- how do I work with a rich data model
    when I can't count on the same object to be represented by the same
    instance? For example, I have two different paths to the same
    instance via Lists and Maps -- and it seems that I'll be working
    with different instance depending on which path I take -- and if I
    use both paths, it'll probably result in a mess.<br>
    <br>
    Am I missing something here?<br>
    <br>
    Best regards,<br>
    Sergey<br>
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