diff --git a/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBean.java b/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBean.java
index 267e328805..e9f7318c14 100644
--- a/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternUtils;
* Hibernate SessionFactory in a Spring application context; the SessionFactory can
* then be passed to Hibernate-based data access objects via dependency injection.
*
- *
NOTE: This variant of LocalSessionFactoryBean requires Hibernate 4.0 or higher.
+ *
This variant of LocalSessionFactoryBean requires Hibernate 4.0 or higher.
* As of Spring 4.0, it is compatible with (the quite refactored) Hibernate 4.3 as well.
- * It is similar in role to the same-named class in the {@code orm.hibernate3} package.
- * However, in practice, it is closer to {@code AnnotationSessionFactoryBean} since
- * its core purpose is to bootstrap a {@code SessionFactory} from annotation scanning.
+ * We recommend using the latest Hibernate 4.2.x or 4.3.x version, depending on whether
+ * you need to remain JPA 2.0 compatible at runtime (Hibernate 4.2) or can upgrade to
+ * JPA 2.1 (Hibernate 4.3).
+ *
+ *
This class is similar in role to the same-named class in the {@code orm.hibernate3}
+ * package. However, in practice, it is closer to {@code AnnotationSessionFactoryBean}
+ * since its core purpose is to bootstrap a {@code SessionFactory} from package scanning.
*
*
NOTE: To set up Hibernate 4 for Spring-driven JTA transactions, make
* sure to either specify the {@link #setJtaTransactionManager "jtaTransactionManager"}
diff --git a/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBuilder.java b/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBuilder.java
index cd96370a5a..c2ff3ca317 100644
--- a/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-orm-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate4/LocalSessionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
*
This is designed for programmatic use, e.g. in {@code @Bean} factory methods.
* Consider using {@link LocalSessionFactoryBean} for XML bean definition files.
*
- *
Requires Hibernate 4.0 or higher. As of Spring 4.0, it is compatible with
- * (the quite refactored) Hibernate 4.3 as well.
+ *
Requires Hibernate 4.0 or higher. As of Spring 4.0, it is compatible with
+ * (the quite refactored) Hibernate 4.3 as well. We recommend using the latest
+ * Hibernate 4.2.x or 4.3.x version, depending on whether you need to remain JPA 2.0
+ * compatible at runtime (Hibernate 4.2) or can upgrade to JPA 2.1 (Hibernate 4.3).
*
*
NOTE: To set up Hibernate 4 for Spring-driven JTA transactions, make
* sure to either use the {@link #setJtaTransactionManager} method or to set the
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateOperations.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateOperations.java
index 38ffae9dec..aa34f618c6 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateOperations.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateOperations.java
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ public interface HibernateOperations {
* @throws org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException in case of Hibernate errors
* @see org.hibernate.Session#createQuery
*/
- List> find(String queryString) throws DataAccessException;
+ List