Hi all,

I'm using Hibernate 3.1.1, and in particular, I'm using HQL queries.

According to the documentation, Hibernate's queries are polymorphic:

A query like: from Cat as cat returns instances not only of Cat, but also of subclasses like DomesticCat.

How can I query for instances of Cat, but not of any of its subclasses?

I'd like to be able to do it without having to explicitly mention each subclass.

I'm aware of the following options, and don't find them satisfactory:

1. Manually filtering the instances after the query, OR:
2. Manually adding a WHERE clause on the discriminator column.

It would make sense for Hibernate to allow the user to decide whether a query should be polymorphic or not, but I can't find such an option.

Thanks in advance!