HHH-12146 - Support enabling caching at any level within a mapped hierarchy

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/BulkOperationCleanupAction.java

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class BulkOperationCleanupAction implements Executable, Serializable {
 		for ( Queryable persister : affectedQueryables ) {
 			spacesList.addAll( Arrays.asList( (String[]) persister.getQuerySpaces() ) );
 
-			if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+			if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 				entityCleanups.add( new EntityCleanup( persister.getCacheAccessStrategy() ) );
 			}
 			if ( persister.hasNaturalIdentifier() && persister.hasNaturalIdCache() ) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class BulkOperationCleanupAction implements Executable, Serializable {
 			if ( affectedEntity( tableSpaces, entitySpaces ) ) {
 				spacesList.addAll( Arrays.asList( entitySpaces ) );
 
-				if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+				if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 					entityCleanups.add( new EntityCleanup( persister.getCacheAccessStrategy() ) );
 				}
 				if ( persister.hasNaturalIdentifier() && persister.hasNaturalIdCache() ) {

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityAction.java

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public abstract class EntityAction
 	protected abstract boolean hasPostCommitEventListeners();
 
 	protected boolean needsAfterTransactionCompletion() {
-		return persister.hasCache() || hasPostCommitEventListeners();
+		return persister.canWriteToCache() || hasPostCommitEventListeners();
 	}
 
 	/**

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityDeleteAction.java

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class EntityDeleteAction extends EntityAction {
 		}
 
 		final Object ck;
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			ck = cache.generateCacheKey( id, persister, session.getFactory(), session.getTenantIdentifier() );
 			lock = cache.lockItem( session, ck, version );
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class EntityDeleteAction extends EntityAction {
 		persistenceContext.removeEntity( entry.getEntityKey() );
 		persistenceContext.removeProxy( entry.getEntityKey() );
 		
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			persister.getCacheAccessStrategy().remove( session, ck);
 		}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class EntityDeleteAction extends EntityAction {
 	@Override
 	public void doAfterTransactionCompletion(boolean success, SharedSessionContractImplementor session) throws HibernateException {
 		EntityPersister entityPersister = getPersister();
-		if ( entityPersister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( entityPersister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = entityPersister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object ck = cache.generateCacheKey(
 					getId(),

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityInsertAction.java

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public final class EntityInsertAction extends AbstractEntityInsertAction {
 	}
 	
 	private boolean isCachePutEnabled(EntityPersister persister, SharedSessionContractImplementor session) {
-		return persister.hasCache()
+		return persister.canWriteToCache()
 				&& !persister.isCacheInvalidationRequired()
 				&& session.getCacheMode().isPutEnabled();
 	}

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityUpdateAction.java

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public final class EntityUpdateAction extends EntityAction {
 		}
 		
 		final Object ck;
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			ck = cache.generateCacheKey(
 					id, 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public final class EntityUpdateAction extends EntityAction {
 			entry.postUpdate( instance, state, nextVersion );
 		}
 
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			if ( persister.isCacheInvalidationRequired() || entry.getStatus()!= Status.MANAGED ) {
 				persister.getCacheAccessStrategy().remove( session, ck);
 			}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public final class EntityUpdateAction extends EntityAction {
 	@Override
 	public void doAfterTransactionCompletion(boolean success, SharedSessionContractImplementor session) throws CacheException {
 		final EntityPersister persister = getPersister();
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object ck = cache.generateCacheKey(
 					getId(),

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java

@@ -2146,6 +2146,7 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 							"Cache override referenced a non-root entity : " + cacheRegionDefinition.getRole()
 					);
 				}
+				entityBinding.setCached( true );
 				( (RootClass) entityBinding ).setCacheRegionName( cacheRegionDefinition.getRegion() );
 				( (RootClass) entityBinding ).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( cacheRegionDefinition.getUsage() );
 				( (RootClass) entityBinding ).setLazyPropertiesCacheable( cacheRegionDefinition.isCacheLazy() );

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 		}
 		rootEntityDescriptor.setCacheRegionName( caching.getRegion() );
 		rootEntityDescriptor.setLazyPropertiesCacheable( caching.isCacheLazyProperties() );
-		rootEntityDescriptor.setCachingExplicitlyRequested( caching.getRequested() != TruthValue.UNKNOWN );
+		rootEntityDescriptor.setCached( caching.getRequested() != TruthValue.UNKNOWN );
 	}
 
 	private void bindEntityIdentifier(

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotationBinder.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.cfg;
 
-import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.persistence.Basic;
-import javax.persistence.Cacheable;
 import javax.persistence.CollectionTable;
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.ConstraintMode;
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ import org.hibernate.FetchMode;
 import org.hibernate.MappingException;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.BatchSize;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Check;
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@ import org.hibernate.annotations.ListIndexBase;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.ManyToAny;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.MapKeyType;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.NaturalId;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.NaturalIdCache;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.NotFound;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.NotFoundAction;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.OnDelete;
@@ -625,8 +621,7 @@ public final class AnnotationBinder {
 		entityBinder.setProxy( clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Proxy.class ) );
 		entityBinder.setBatchSize( clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( BatchSize.class ) );
 		entityBinder.setWhere( clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Where.class ) );
-		entityBinder.setCache( determineCacheSettings( clazzToProcess, context ) );
+		applyCacheSettings( entityBinder, clazzToProcess, context );
-		entityBinder.setNaturalIdCache( clazzToProcess, clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( NaturalIdCache.class ) );
 
 		bindFilters( clazzToProcess, entityBinder, context );
 
@@ -1158,80 +1153,19 @@ public final class AnnotationBinder {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static Cache determineCacheSettings(XClass clazzToProcess, MetadataBuildingContext context) {
+	private static void applyCacheSettings(EntityBinder binder, XClass clazzToProcess, MetadataBuildingContext context) {
-		Cache cacheAnn = clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Cache.class );
+		binder.applyCaching(
-		if ( cacheAnn != null ) {
+				clazzToProcess,
-			return cacheAnn;
+				determineSharedCacheMode( context ),
-		}
+				context
 
-		Cacheable cacheableAnn = clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Cacheable.class );
+		);
-		SharedCacheMode mode = determineSharedCacheMode( context );
-		switch ( mode ) {
-			case ALL: {
-				cacheAnn = buildCacheMock( clazzToProcess.getName(), context );
-				break;
-			}
-			case ENABLE_SELECTIVE: {
-				if ( cacheableAnn != null && cacheableAnn.value() ) {
-					cacheAnn = buildCacheMock( clazzToProcess.getName(), context );
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-			case DISABLE_SELECTIVE: {
-				if ( cacheableAnn == null || cacheableAnn.value() ) {
-					cacheAnn = buildCacheMock( clazzToProcess.getName(), context );
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-			default: {
-				// treat both NONE and UNSPECIFIED the same
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		return cacheAnn;
 	}
 
 	private static SharedCacheMode determineSharedCacheMode(MetadataBuildingContext context) {
 		return context.getBuildingOptions().getSharedCacheMode();
 	}
 
-	private static Cache buildCacheMock(String region, MetadataBuildingContext context) {
-		return new LocalCacheAnnotationImpl( region, determineCacheConcurrencyStrategy( context ) );
-	}
-
-	private static CacheConcurrencyStrategy determineCacheConcurrencyStrategy(MetadataBuildingContext context) {
-		return CacheConcurrencyStrategy.fromAccessType(
-				context.getBuildingOptions().getImplicitCacheAccessType()
-		);
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "ClassExplicitlyAnnotation" })
-	private static class LocalCacheAnnotationImpl implements Cache {
-		private final String region;
-		private final CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage;
-
-		private LocalCacheAnnotationImpl(String region, CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage) {
-			this.region = region;
-			this.usage = usage;
-		}
-
-		public CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage() {
-			return usage;
-		}
-
-		public String region() {
-			return region;
-		}
-
-		public String include() {
-			return "all";
-		}
-
-		public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
-			return Cache.class;
-		}
-	}
-
 	private static PersistentClass makePersistentClass(
 			InheritanceState inheritanceState,
 			PersistentClass superEntity,

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/EntityBinder.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.cfg.annotations;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import javax.persistence.Access;
 import javax.persistence.Cacheable;
 import javax.persistence.ConstraintMode;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
-import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
 import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
 import javax.persistence.JoinTable;
 import javax.persistence.NamedEntityGraph;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import javax.persistence.NamedEntityGraphs;
 import javax.persistence.PrimaryKeyJoinColumn;
 import javax.persistence.SecondaryTable;
 import javax.persistence.SecondaryTables;
+import javax.persistence.SharedCacheMode;
 
 import org.hibernate.AnnotationException;
 import org.hibernate.AssertionFailure;
@@ -127,17 +128,19 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 	//		atm we use both from here; HBM binding solely uses InFlightMetadataCollector.EntityTableXref
 	private java.util.Map<String, Join> secondaryTables = new HashMap<String, Join>();
 	private java.util.Map<String, Object> secondaryTableJoins = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-	private String cacheConcurrentStrategy;
-	private String cacheRegion;
-	private String naturalIdCacheRegion;
 	private List<Filter> filters = new ArrayList<Filter>();
 	private InheritanceState inheritanceState;
 	private boolean ignoreIdAnnotations;
-	private boolean cacheLazyProperty;
 	private AccessType propertyAccessType = AccessType.DEFAULT;
 	private boolean wrapIdsInEmbeddedComponents;
 	private String subselect;
 
+	private boolean isCached;
+	private String cacheConcurrentStrategy;
+	private String cacheRegion;
+	private boolean cacheLazyProperty;
+	private String naturalIdCacheRegion;
+
 	public boolean wrapIdsInEmbeddedComponents() {
 		return wrapIdsInEmbeddedComponents;
 	}
@@ -281,17 +284,25 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 			}
 			rootClass.setMutable( mutable );
 			rootClass.setExplicitPolymorphism( isExplicitPolymorphism( polymorphismType ) );
-			if ( StringHelper.isNotEmpty( where ) ) rootClass.setWhere( where );
+
+			if ( StringHelper.isNotEmpty( where ) ) {
+				rootClass.setWhere( where );
+			}
+
 			if ( cacheConcurrentStrategy != null ) {
 				rootClass.setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( cacheConcurrentStrategy );
 				rootClass.setCacheRegionName( cacheRegion );
 				rootClass.setLazyPropertiesCacheable( cacheLazyProperty );
 			}
+
 			rootClass.setNaturalIdCacheRegionName( naturalIdCacheRegion );
+
 			boolean forceDiscriminatorInSelects = forceDiscriminator == null
 					? context.getBuildingOptions().shouldImplicitlyForceDiscriminatorInSelect()
 					: forceDiscriminator;
+
 			rootClass.setForceDiscriminator( forceDiscriminatorInSelects );
+
 			if ( insertableDiscriminator != null ) {
 				rootClass.setDiscriminatorInsertable( insertableDiscriminator );
 			}
@@ -303,11 +314,10 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 			if (annotatedClass.isAnnotationPresent(Immutable.class)) {
 				LOG.immutableAnnotationOnNonRoot(annotatedClass.getName());
 			}
-			if ( annotatedClass.isAnnotationPresent( Cacheable.class ) ||
-					annotatedClass.isAnnotationPresent( Cache.class ) ) {
-				LOG.cacheOrCacheableAnnotationOnNonRoot( annotatedClass.getName() );
-			}
 		}
+
+		persistentClass.setCached( isCached );
+
 		persistentClass.setOptimisticLockStyle( getVersioning( optimisticLockType ) );
 		persistentClass.setSelectBeforeUpdate( selectBeforeUpdate );
 
@@ -542,6 +552,164 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		this.wrapIdsInEmbeddedComponents = wrapIdsInEmbeddedComponents;
 	}
 
+	public void applyCaching(
+			XClass clazzToProcess,
+			SharedCacheMode sharedCacheMode,
+			MetadataBuildingContext context) {
+		final Cache explicitCacheAnn = clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Cache.class );
+		final Cacheable explicitCacheableAnn = clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( Cacheable.class );
+
+		isCached = false;
+		cacheConcurrentStrategy = null;
+		cacheRegion = null;
+		cacheLazyProperty = true;
+
+		if ( persistentClass instanceof RootClass ) {
+			Cache effectiveCacheAnn = explicitCacheAnn;
+
+			if ( explicitCacheAnn != null ) {
+				// preserve legacy behavior of circumventing SharedCacheMode when Hibernate's @Cache is used.
+				isCached = true;
+			}
+			else {
+				effectiveCacheAnn = buildCacheMock( clazzToProcess.getName(), context );
+
+				switch ( sharedCacheMode ) {
+					case ALL: {
+						// all entities should be cached
+						isCached = true;
+						break;
+					}
+					case ENABLE_SELECTIVE: {
+						if ( explicitCacheableAnn != null && explicitCacheableAnn.value() ) {
+							isCached = true;
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+					case DISABLE_SELECTIVE: {
+						if ( explicitCacheableAnn == null || explicitCacheableAnn.value() ) {
+							isCached = true;
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+					default: {
+						// treat both NONE and UNSPECIFIED the same
+						isCached = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			cacheConcurrentStrategy = effectiveCacheAnn.usage().name();
+			cacheRegion = effectiveCacheAnn.region();
+			switch ( effectiveCacheAnn.include().toLowerCase( Locale.ROOT ) ) {
+				case "all": {
+					cacheLazyProperty = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				case "non-lazy": {
+					cacheLazyProperty = false;
+					break;
+				}
+				default: {
+					throw new AnnotationException(
+							"Unknown @Cache.include value [" + effectiveCacheAnn.include() + "] : "
+									+ annotatedClass.getName()
+					);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			if ( explicitCacheAnn != null ) {
+				LOG.cacheOrCacheableAnnotationOnNonRoot( persistentClass.getClassName() );
+			}
+			else if ( explicitCacheableAnn == null && persistentClass.getSuperclass() != null ) {
+				// we should inherit our super's caching config
+				isCached = persistentClass.getSuperclass().isCached();
+			}
+			else {
+				switch ( sharedCacheMode ) {
+					case ALL: {
+						// all entities should be cached
+						isCached = true;
+						break;
+					}
+					case ENABLE_SELECTIVE: {
+						// only entities with @Cacheable(true) should be cached
+						if ( explicitCacheableAnn != null && explicitCacheableAnn.value() ) {
+							isCached = true;
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+					case DISABLE_SELECTIVE: {
+						if ( explicitCacheableAnn == null || !explicitCacheableAnn.value() ) {
+							isCached = true;
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+					default: {
+						// treat both NONE and UNSPECIFIED the same
+						isCached = false;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		naturalIdCacheRegion = null;
+
+		final NaturalIdCache naturalIdCacheAnn = clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( NaturalIdCache.class );
+		if ( naturalIdCacheAnn != null ) {
+			if ( BinderHelper.isEmptyAnnotationValue( naturalIdCacheAnn.region() ) ) {
+				if ( explicitCacheAnn != null && StringHelper.isNotEmpty( explicitCacheAnn.region() ) ) {
+					naturalIdCacheRegion = explicitCacheAnn.region() + NATURAL_ID_CACHE_SUFFIX;
+				}
+				else {
+					naturalIdCacheRegion = clazzToProcess.getName() + NATURAL_ID_CACHE_SUFFIX;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				naturalIdCacheRegion = naturalIdCacheAnn.region();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static Cache buildCacheMock(String region, MetadataBuildingContext context) {
+		return new LocalCacheAnnotationStub( region, determineCacheConcurrencyStrategy( context ) );
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "ClassExplicitlyAnnotation" })
+	private static class LocalCacheAnnotationStub implements Cache {
+		private final String region;
+		private final CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage;
+
+		private LocalCacheAnnotationStub(String region, CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage) {
+			this.region = region;
+			this.usage = usage;
+		}
+
+		public CacheConcurrencyStrategy usage() {
+			return usage;
+		}
+
+		public String region() {
+			return region;
+		}
+
+		public String include() {
+			return "all";
+		}
+
+		public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
+			return Cache.class;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static CacheConcurrencyStrategy determineCacheConcurrencyStrategy(MetadataBuildingContext context) {
+		return CacheConcurrencyStrategy.fromAccessType(
+				context.getBuildingOptions().getImplicitCacheAccessType()
+		);
+	}
 
 	private static class EntityTableObjectNameSource implements ObjectNameSource {
 		private final String explicitName;
@@ -1044,48 +1212,6 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		return secondaryTables;
 	}
 
-	public void setCache(Cache cacheAnn) {
-		if ( cacheAnn != null ) {
-			cacheRegion = BinderHelper.isEmptyAnnotationValue( cacheAnn.region() ) ?
-					null :
-					cacheAnn.region();
-			cacheConcurrentStrategy = getCacheConcurrencyStrategy( cacheAnn.usage() );
-			if ( "all".equalsIgnoreCase( cacheAnn.include() ) ) {
-				cacheLazyProperty = true;
-			}
-			else if ( "non-lazy".equalsIgnoreCase( cacheAnn.include() ) ) {
-				cacheLazyProperty = false;
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new AnnotationException( "Unknown lazy property annotations: " + cacheAnn.include() );
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			cacheConcurrentStrategy = null;
-			cacheRegion = null;
-			cacheLazyProperty = true;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void setNaturalIdCache(XClass clazzToProcess, NaturalIdCache naturalIdCacheAnn) {
-		if ( naturalIdCacheAnn != null ) {
-			if ( BinderHelper.isEmptyAnnotationValue( naturalIdCacheAnn.region() ) ) {
-				if (cacheRegion != null) {
-					naturalIdCacheRegion = cacheRegion + NATURAL_ID_CACHE_SUFFIX;
-				}
-				else {
-					naturalIdCacheRegion = clazzToProcess.getName() + NATURAL_ID_CACHE_SUFFIX;
-				}
-			}
-			else {
-				naturalIdCacheRegion = naturalIdCacheAnn.region();
-			}
-		}
-		else {
-			naturalIdCacheRegion = null;
-		}
-	}
-
 	public static String getCacheConcurrencyStrategy(CacheConcurrencyStrategy strategy) {
 		org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.AccessType accessType = strategy.toAccessType();
 		return accessType == null ? null : accessType.getExternalName();

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/StatefulPersistenceContext.java

@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ public class StatefulPersistenceContext implements PersistenceContext {
 	@Override
 	public void registerInsertedKey(EntityPersister persister, Serializable id) {
 		// we only are worried about registering these if the persister defines caching
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			if ( insertedKeysMap == null ) {
 				insertedKeysMap = new HashMap<>();
 			}
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ public class StatefulPersistenceContext implements PersistenceContext {
 	@Override
 	public boolean wasInsertedDuringTransaction(EntityPersister persister, Serializable id) {
 		// again, we only really care if the entity is cached
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			if ( insertedKeysMap != null ) {
 				final List<Serializable> insertedEntityIds = insertedKeysMap.get( persister.getRootEntityName() );
 				if ( insertedEntityIds != null ) {

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/internal/TwoPhaseLoad.java

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public final class TwoPhaseLoad {
 		persister.setPropertyValues( entity, hydratedState );
 
 		final SessionFactoryImplementor factory = session.getFactory();
-		if ( persister.hasCache() && session.getCacheMode().isPutEnabled() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() && session.getCacheMode().isPutEnabled() ) {
 
 			if ( debugEnabled ) {
 				LOG.debugf(

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/BatchFetchQueue.java

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class BatchFetchQueue {
 
 	private boolean isCached(EntityKey entityKey, EntityPersister persister) {
 		final SharedSessionContractImplementor session = context.getSession();
-		if ( context.getSession().getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( context.getSession().getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && persister.canReadFromCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object key = cache.generateCacheKey(
 					entityKey.getIdentifier(),

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener.java

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener extends AbstractReassocia
 				);
 			}
 
-			final boolean cachingEnabled = persister.hasCache();
+			final boolean cachingEnabled = persister.canWriteToCache();
 			SoftLock lock = null;
 			Object ck = null;
 			try {

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultLoadEventListener.java

@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ public class DefaultLoadEventListener extends AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener i
 		SoftLock lock = null;
 		final Object ck;
 		final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			ck = cache.generateCacheKey(
 					event.getEntityId(),
 					persister,
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class DefaultLoadEventListener extends AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener i
 			entity = load( event, persister, keyToLoad, options );
 		}
 		finally {
-			if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+			if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 				cache.unlockItem( source, ck, lock );
 			}
 		}
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public class DefaultLoadEventListener extends AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener i
 			final EntityKey entityKey) {
 
 		final SessionImplementor source = event.getSession();
-		final boolean useCache = persister.hasCache()
+		final boolean useCache = persister.canReadFromCache()
 				&& source.getCacheMode().isGetEnabled()
 				&& event.getLockMode().lessThan( LockMode.READ );
 

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultRefreshEventListener.java

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class DefaultRefreshEventListener implements RefreshEventListener {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			Object previousVersion = null;
 			if ( persister.isVersionPropertyGenerated() ) {
 				// we need to grab the version value from the entity, otherwise

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/FromElement.java

@@ -629,15 +629,6 @@ public class FromElement extends HqlSqlWalkerNode implements DisplayableNode, Pa
 		this.withClauseFragment = withClauseFragment;
 	}
 
-	public boolean hasCacheablePersister() {
-		if ( getQueryableCollection() != null ) {
-			return getQueryableCollection().hasCache();
-		}
-		else {
-			return getQueryable().hasCache();
-		}
-	}
-
 	public void handlePropertyBeingDereferenced(Type propertySource, String propertyName) {
 		if ( getQueryableCollection() != null && CollectionProperties.isCollectionProperty( propertyName ) ) {
 			// propertyName refers to something like collection.size...

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CacheImpl.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.ArrayHelper;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.CollectionHelper;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.RootClass;
 import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;
 import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
 import org.hibernate.pretty.MessageHelper;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ public class CacheImpl implements CacheImplementor {
 	@Override
 	public boolean containsEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier) {
 		EntityPersister p = sessionFactory.getMetamodel().entityPersister( entityName );
-		if ( p.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( p.canReadFromCache() ) {
 			EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = p.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			Object key = cache.generateCacheKey( identifier, p, sessionFactory, null ); // have to assume non tenancy
 			return cache.getRegion().contains( key );
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public class CacheImpl implements CacheImplementor {
 	@Override
 	public void evictEntity(String entityName, Serializable identifier) {
 		EntityPersister p = sessionFactory.getMetamodel().entityPersister( entityName );
-		if ( p.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( p.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			if ( LOG.isDebugEnabled() ) {
 				LOG.debugf(
 						"Evicting second-level cache: %s",
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public class CacheImpl implements CacheImplementor {
 	@Override
 	public void evictEntityRegion(String entityName) {
 		EntityPersister p = sessionFactory.getMetamodel().entityPersister( entityName );
-		if ( p.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( p.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			if ( LOG.isDebugEnabled() ) {
 				LOG.debugf( "Evicting second-level cache: %s", p.getEntityName() );
 			}
@@ -428,12 +429,23 @@ public class CacheImpl implements CacheImplementor {
 		throw new PersistenceException( "Hibernate cannot unwrap Cache as " + cls.getName() );
 	}
 
+	// todo (5.3) : normalize caching to the "first subclass" in the hierarchy whose subclasses all define caching
+	// 		5.3 adds support for "subclass only" caching, so we need a different paradigm for
+	//		code such as this that assumes root-only caching
+
 	@Override
 	public EntityRegionAccessStrategy determineEntityRegionAccessStrategy(PersistentClass model) {
-		final String cacheRegionName = cacheRegionPrefix + model.getRootClass().getCacheRegionName();
+		if ( ! settings.isSecondLevelCacheEnabled() ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// cache settings are defined on root entity
+		final RootClass rootEntity = model.getRootClass();
+
+		final String cacheRegionName = cacheRegionPrefix + rootEntity.getCacheRegionName();
 		EntityRegionAccessStrategy accessStrategy = entityRegionAccessStrategyMap.get( cacheRegionName );
-		if ( accessStrategy == null && settings.isSecondLevelCacheEnabled() ) {
+		if ( accessStrategy == null ) {
-			final AccessType accessType = AccessType.fromExternalName( model.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+			final AccessType accessType = AccessType.fromExternalName( rootEntity.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
 			if ( accessType != null ) {
 				LOG.tracef( "Building shared cache region for entity data [%s]", model.getEntityName() );
 				EntityRegion entityRegion = regionFactory.buildEntityRegion(

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/CoreMessageLogger.java

@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ public interface CoreMessageLogger extends BasicLogger {
 	void unknownJavaTypeNoEqualsHashCode(Class javaType);
 
 	@LogMessage(level = WARN)
-	@Message(value = "@javax.persistence.Cacheable or @org.hibernate.annotations.Cache used on a non-root entity: ignored for %s", id = 482)
+	@Message(value = "@org.hibernate.annotations.Cache used on a non-root entity: ignored for %s", id = 482)
 	void cacheOrCacheableAnnotationOnNonRoot(String className);
 
 	@LogMessage(level = WARN)

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/StatelessSessionImpl.java

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class StatelessSessionImpl extends AbstractSharedSessionContract implemen
 //			);
 //		}
 
-		if ( persister.hasCache() ) {
+		if ( persister.canWriteToCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = persister.getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object ck = cache.generateCacheKey( id, persister, getFactory(), getTenantIdentifier() );
 			cache.evict( ck );

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public abstract class PersistentClass implements AttributeContainer, Serializabl
 	private Component declaredIdentifierMapper;
 	private OptimisticLockStyle optimisticLockStyle;
 
+	private boolean isCached;
+
 	public PersistentClass(MetadataBuildingContext metadataBuildingContext) {
 		this.metadataBuildingContext = metadataBuildingContext;
 	}
@@ -270,10 +272,35 @@ public abstract class PersistentClass implements AttributeContainer, Serializabl
 
 	public abstract boolean isVersioned();
 
-	public abstract String getNaturalIdCacheRegionName();
+
+	public boolean isCached() {
+		return isCached;
+	}
+
+	public void setCached(boolean cached) {
+		isCached = cached;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Use {@link #isCached} instead
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public boolean isCachingExplicitlyRequested() {
+		return isCached();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Use {@link #setCached} instead
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public void setCachingExplicitlyRequested(boolean cached) {
+		setCached( cached );
+	}
 
 	public abstract String getCacheConcurrencyStrategy();
 
+	public abstract String getNaturalIdCacheRegionName();
+
 	public abstract PersistentClass getSuperclass();
 
 	public abstract boolean isExplicitPolymorphism();
@@ -955,8 +982,6 @@ public abstract class PersistentClass implements AttributeContainer, Serializabl
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	public abstract boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable();
-
 	// The following methods are added to support @MappedSuperclass in the metamodel
 	public Iterator getDeclaredPropertyIterator() {
 		ArrayList iterators = new ArrayList();

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/RootClass.java

@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 	private KeyValue identifier;
 	private Property version;
 	private boolean polymorphic;
+
 	private String cacheConcurrencyStrategy;
 	private String cacheRegionName;
-	private String naturalIdCacheRegionName;
 	private boolean lazyPropertiesCacheable = true;
+	private String naturalIdCacheRegionName;
+
 	private Value discriminator;
 	private boolean mutable = true;
 	private boolean embeddedIdentifier;
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 	private int nextSubclassId;
 	private Property declaredIdentifierProperty;
 	private Property declaredVersion;
-	private boolean cachingExplicitlyRequested;
 
 	public RootClass(MetadataBuildingContext metadataBuildingContext) {
 		super( metadataBuildingContext );
@@ -314,6 +315,14 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 		this.cacheRegionName = cacheRegionName;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable() {
+		return lazyPropertiesCacheable;
+	}
+
+	public void setLazyPropertiesCacheable(boolean lazyPropertiesCacheable) {
+		this.lazyPropertiesCacheable = lazyPropertiesCacheable;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String getNaturalIdCacheRegionName() {
 		return naturalIdCacheRegionName;
@@ -323,15 +332,6 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 		this.naturalIdCacheRegionName = naturalIdCacheRegionName;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable() {
-		return lazyPropertiesCacheable;
-	}
-
-	public void setLazyPropertiesCacheable(boolean lazyPropertiesCacheable) {
-		this.lazyPropertiesCacheable = lazyPropertiesCacheable;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isJoinedSubclass() {
 		return false;
@@ -360,11 +360,4 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 		return mv.accept( this );
 	}
 
-	public void setCachingExplicitlyRequested(boolean explicitlyRequested) {
-		this.cachingExplicitlyRequested = explicitlyRequested;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCachingExplicitlyRequested() {
-		return cachingExplicitlyRequested;
-	}
 }

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Subclass.java

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class Subclass extends PersistentClass {
 	}
 
 	public String getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() {
-		return getSuperclass().getCacheConcurrencyStrategy();
+		return getRootClass().getCacheConcurrencyStrategy();
 	}
 
 	public RootClass getRootClass() {
@@ -190,10 +190,6 @@ public class Subclass extends PersistentClass {
 		this.classPersisterClass = classPersisterClass;
 	}
 
-	public boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable() {
-		return getSuperclass().isLazyPropertiesCacheable();
-	}
-
 	public int getJoinClosureSpan() {
 		return getSuperclass().getJoinClosureSpan() + super.getJoinClosureSpan();
 	}

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import org.hibernate.mapping.Component;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Property;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Selectable;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Subclass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Table;
 import org.hibernate.metadata.ClassMetadata;
 import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 
 	// moved up from AbstractEntityPersister ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	private final SessionFactoryImplementor factory;
+	private final boolean canReadFromCache;
+	private final boolean canWriteToCache;
 	private final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cacheAccessStrategy;
 	private final NaturalIdRegionAccessStrategy naturalIdRegionAccessStrategy;
 	private final boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable;
@@ -512,9 +515,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 
 		// moved up from AbstractEntityPersister ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 		this.factory = creationContext.getSessionFactory();
+
+		if ( creationContext.getSessionFactory().getSessionFactoryOptions().isSecondLevelCacheEnabled() ) {
+			this.canWriteToCache = persistentClass.isCached();
+			this.canReadFromCache = determineCanReadFromCache( persistentClass );
 			this.cacheAccessStrategy = cacheAccessStrategy;
+			this.isLazyPropertiesCacheable = persistentClass.getRootClass().isLazyPropertiesCacheable();
 			this.naturalIdRegionAccessStrategy = naturalIdRegionAccessStrategy;
-		isLazyPropertiesCacheable = persistentClass.isLazyPropertiesCacheable();
+		}
+		else {
+			this.canWriteToCache = false;
+			this.canReadFromCache = false;
+			this.cacheAccessStrategy = null;
+			this.isLazyPropertiesCacheable = true;
+			this.naturalIdRegionAccessStrategy = null;
+		}
 
 		this.entityMetamodel = new EntityMetamodel( persistentClass, this, factory );
 		this.entityTuplizer = this.entityMetamodel.getTuplizer();
@@ -830,6 +845,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private boolean determineCanReadFromCache(PersistentClass persistentClass) {
+		if ( persistentClass.isCached() ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		final Iterator<Subclass> subclassIterator = persistentClass.getSubclassIterator();
+		while ( subclassIterator.hasNext() ) {
+			final Subclass subclass = subclassIterator.next();
+			if ( subclass.isCached() ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	protected CacheEntryHelper buildCacheEntryHelper() {
 		if ( cacheAccessStrategy == null ) {
 			// the entity defined no caching...
@@ -985,7 +1016,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 			);
 		}
 
-		if ( session.getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && hasCache() && isLazyPropertiesCacheable() ) {
+		if ( session.getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && canReadFromCache() && isLazyPropertiesCacheable() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object cacheKey = cache.generateCacheKey(id, this, session.getFactory(), session.getTenantIdentifier() );
 			final Object ce = CacheHelper.fromSharedCache( session, cacheKey, cache );
@@ -4293,8 +4324,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 		return entityMetamodel;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean canReadFromCache() {
+		return canReadFromCache;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean canWriteToCache() {
+		return canWriteToCache;
+	}
+
 	public boolean hasCache() {
-		return cacheAccessStrategy != null;
+		return canWriteToCache;
 	}
 
 	public EntityRegionAccessStrategy getCacheAccessStrategy() {
@@ -4467,7 +4508,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 		}
 
 		// check to see if it is in the second-level cache
-		if ( session.getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && hasCache() ) {
+		if ( session.getCacheMode().isGetEnabled() && canReadFromCache() ) {
 			final EntityRegionAccessStrategy cache = getCacheAccessStrategy();
 			final Object ck = cache.generateCacheKey( id, this, session.getFactory(), session.getTenantIdentifier() );
 			final Object ce = CacheHelper.fromSharedCache( session, ck, getCacheAccessStrategy() );

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/EntityPersister.java

@@ -503,9 +503,16 @@ public interface EntityPersister extends OptimisticCacheSource, EntityDefinition
 	 * Should lazy properties of this entity be cached?
 	 */
 	boolean isLazyPropertiesCacheable();
+
+	boolean canReadFromCache();
+	boolean canWriteToCache();
+
 	/**
 	 * Does this class have a cache.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated Use {@link #canReadFromCache()} and/or {@link #canWriteToCache()} depending on need
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	boolean hasCache();
 	/**
 	 * Get the cache (optional operation)

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/cacheable/annotation/ConfigurationTest.java

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import javax.persistence.SharedCacheMode;
 
 import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataImplementor;
-import org.hibernate.cache.internal.NoCachingRegionFactory;
 import org.hibernate.cache.spi.access.AccessType;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.AvailableSettings;
@@ -24,12 +23,11 @@ import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 
 import org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFactory;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
-
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * this is hacky transient step until EMF building is integrated with metamodel
@@ -51,13 +49,13 @@ public class ConfigurationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		MetadataImplementor metadata = buildMetadata( SharedCacheMode.NONE );
 
 		PersistentClass pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyNonCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( NoCacheableAnnotationEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -65,13 +63,13 @@ public class ConfigurationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		MetadataImplementor metadata = buildMetadata( SharedCacheMode.UNSPECIFIED );
 
 		PersistentClass pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyNonCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( NoCacheableAnnotationEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -79,13 +77,13 @@ public class ConfigurationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		MetadataImplementor metadata = buildMetadata( SharedCacheMode.ALL );
 
 		PersistentClass pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyNonCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( NoCacheableAnnotationEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -93,13 +91,13 @@ public class ConfigurationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		MetadataImplementor metadata = buildMetadata( SharedCacheMode.ENABLE_SELECTIVE );
 
 		PersistentClass pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyNonCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( NoCacheableAnnotationEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -107,13 +105,13 @@ public class ConfigurationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		MetadataImplementor metadata = buildMetadata( SharedCacheMode.DISABLE_SELECTIVE );
 
 		PersistentClass pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( ExplicitlyNonCacheableEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( pc.isCached() );
 
 		pc = metadata.getEntityBinding( NoCacheableAnnotationEntity.class.getName() );
-		assertNotNull( pc.getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( pc.isCached() );
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/ejb3configuration/PersisterClassProviderTest.java

@@ -411,6 +411,16 @@ public class PersisterClassProviderTest {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public boolean canReadFromCache() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canWriteToCache() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean hasCache() {
 			return false;

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/NonRootEntityWithCacheAnnotationTest.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class NonRootEntityWithCacheAnnotationTest {
 				.buildMetadata();
 
 		assertTrue( triggerable.wasTriggered() );
-		assertNull( ( metadata.getEntityBinding( AEntity.class.getName() ) ).getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertFalse( metadata.getEntityBinding( AEntity.class.getName() ).isCached() );
 
 		serviceRegistry.destroy();
 	}

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/NonRootEntityWithCacheableAnnotationTest.java

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ public class NonRootEntityWithCacheableAnnotationTest {
 				.addAnnotatedClass( AEntity.class )
 				.buildMetadata();
 
-		assertTrue( triggerable.wasTriggered() );
+		assertFalse( metadata.getEntityBinding( ABase.class.getName() ).isCached() );
-		assertNull( ( metadata.getEntityBinding( AEntity.class.getName() ) ).getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+		assertTrue( metadata.getEntityBinding( AEntity.class.getName() ).isCached() );
+
+		assertFalse( triggerable.wasTriggered() );
 
 		serviceRegistry.destroy();
 	}

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/polymorphism/PolymorphicCacheTest.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class PolymorphicCacheTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 		s.beginTransaction();
 		// See HHH-9107
 		try {
-			s.get( CachedItem2.class, item1.getId() );
+			final CachedItem2 tmp = s.get( CachedItem2.class, item1.getId() );
 			fail( "Expected a WrongClassException to be thrown." );
 		}
 		catch (WrongClassException e) {

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cfg/cache/DefaultCacheConcurrencyPropertyTest.java

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author Gail Badner
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ public class DefaultCacheConcurrencyPropertyTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 			final SessionFactoryImplementor sf = (SessionFactoryImplementor) metadata.buildSessionFactory();
 			try {
 				final EntityPersister persister = sf.getMetamodel().entityPersister( TheEntity.class.getName() );
+				assertTrue( persister.canReadFromCache() );
+				assertTrue( persister.canWriteToCache() );
 				assertNotNull( persister.getCacheAccessStrategy() );
 			}
 			finally {

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cfg/persister/GoofyPersisterClassProvider.java

@@ -384,6 +384,16 @@ public class GoofyPersisterClassProvider implements PersisterClassResolver {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public boolean canReadFromCache() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canWriteToCache() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean hasCache() {
 			return false;

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/compliance/tck2_2/SubclassOnlyCachingTests.java

@@ -6,22 +6,89 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.test.jpa.compliance.tck2_2;
 
+import java.util.Map;
 import javax.persistence.Cacheable;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
 import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
+import javax.persistence.SharedCacheMode;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
 import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.stat.spi.StatisticsImplementor;
 
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 /**
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public class SubclassOnlyCachingTests extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	@Test
+	public void testMapping() {
+		assertThat(
+				sessionFactory().getMetamodel().entityPersister( Person.class ).hasCache(),
+				CoreMatchers.is( false )
+		);
+		assertThat(
+				sessionFactory().getMetamodel().entityPersister( Employee.class ).hasCache(),
+				CoreMatchers.is( false )
+		);
+		assertThat(
+				sessionFactory().getMetamodel().entityPersister( Customer.class ).hasCache(),
+				CoreMatchers.is( true )
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testOnlySubclassIsCached() {
+		final StatisticsImplementor statistics = sessionFactory().getStatistics();
+
+		inTransaction(
+				s -> s.persist( new Customer( 1, "Acme Corp", "123" ) )
+		);
+
+		assertTrue( sessionFactory().getCache().contains( Customer.class, 1 ) );
+
+		inTransaction(
+				s -> {
+					statistics.clear();
+
+					final Customer customer = s.get( Customer.class, 1 );
+
+					assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( customer ) );
+
+					assertThat( statistics.getSecondLevelCacheHitCount(), CoreMatchers.is(1L) );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void cleanupData() {
+		inTransaction(
+				s -> s.createQuery( "delete from Customer" ).executeUpdate()
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void addSettings(Map settings) {
+		super.addSettings( settings );
+
+		settings.put( AvailableSettings.USE_SECOND_LEVEL_CACHE, "true" );
+		settings.put( AvailableSettings.GENERATE_STATISTICS, "true" );
+		settings.put( AvailableSettings.JPA_SHARED_CACHE_MODE, SharedCacheMode.ENABLE_SELECTIVE );
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected void applyMetadataSources(MetadataSources sources) {
@@ -31,11 +98,6 @@ public class SubclassOnlyCachingTests extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCas
 		sources.addAnnotatedClass( Customer.class );
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testOnlySubclassIsCached() {
-
-	}
-
 	@Entity( name = "Person" )
 	@Table( name = "persons" )
 	@Inheritance( strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE )
@@ -43,18 +105,43 @@ public class SubclassOnlyCachingTests extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCas
 		@Id
 		public Integer id;
 		public String name;
+
+		public Person() {
 		}
 
-	@Entity
+		public Person(Integer id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Employee" )
 	public static class Employee extends Person {
 		public String employeeCode;
 		public String costCenter;
+
+		public Employee() {
 		}
 
-	@Entity
+		public Employee(Integer id, String name, String employeeCode, String costCenter) {
+			super( id, name );
+			this.employeeCode = employeeCode;
+			this.costCenter = costCenter;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "Customer" )
 	@Cacheable()
 	public static class Customer extends Person {
 		public String erpCode;
+
+		public Customer() {
+		}
+
+		public Customer(Integer id, String name, String erpCode) {
+			super( id, name );
+			this.erpCode = erpCode;
+		}
 	}
 
 }

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/CustomPersister.java

@@ -653,6 +653,16 @@ public class CustomPersister implements EntityPersister {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean canReadFromCache() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean canWriteToCache() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isVersionPropertyGenerated() {
 		return false;

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/multitenancy/discriminator/DiscriminatorMultiTenancyTest.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
 import org.hibernate.context.spi.CurrentTenantIdentifierResolver;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.RootClass;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.tool.schema.internal.HibernateSchemaManagementTool;
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ public class DiscriminatorMultiTenancyTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		ms.addAnnotatedClass(Customer.class);
 
 		Metadata metadata = ms.buildMetadata();
-		((RootClass) metadata.getEntityBinding(Customer.class.getName())).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy("read-write");
+		final PersistentClass customerMapping = metadata.getEntityBinding( Customer.class.getName() );
+		customerMapping.setCached( true );
+		((RootClass) customerMapping ).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( "read-write");
 
 		HibernateSchemaManagementTool tool = new HibernateSchemaManagementTool();
 		tool.injectServices(serviceRegistry);

hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/multitenancy/schema/AbstractSchemaBasedMultiTenancyTest.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.MultiTenantConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.RootClass;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.Stoppable;
@@ -74,7 +75,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractSchemaBasedMultiTenancyTest<T extends MultiTenantC
 		ms.addAnnotatedClass( Invoice.class );
 
 		Metadata metadata = ms.buildMetadata();
-		( (RootClass) metadata.getEntityBinding( Customer.class.getName() ) ).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( "read-write" );
+		final PersistentClass customerMapping = metadata.getEntityBinding( Customer.class.getName() );
+		customerMapping.setCached( true );
+		( (RootClass) customerMapping ).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( "read-write" );
 
 		HibernateSchemaManagementTool tool = new HibernateSchemaManagementTool();
 		tool.injectServices( serviceRegistry );

hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/junit4/BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase.java

@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ public class BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 
 			if ( !hasLob ) {
 				( ( RootClass) entityBinding ).setCacheConcurrencyStrategy( getCacheConcurrencyStrategy() );
+				entityBinding.setCached( true );
 			}
 		}