Hibernate:如何急切地获取未关联的实体?

public class InitConfig {

    private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
    private final NodeManager nodeManager;

    public void run() {

        final Configuration config = new Configuration("NewConfiguration", new HashSet<Node> ());
        for(String name : lotsOfNames) {

            //Lots of these queries run slowly
            final Node node = this.nodeManager.getNode(name);
            config.addNode(node);
        }
        this.sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().save(config);
    }
}

相关的DAO(NodeManager)和慢速查询实体(Node)看起来像这样:

public class NodeManager {

    private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    public Node getNode(String name) {

        final Session db = this.sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
        final Query query = db.createQuery("from NODE where NAME = :name");
        query.setString("name", name);
        return (Node)query.uniqueResult();
    }
}

@Entity(name="NODE")
public class Node {

    @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.TABLE)
    @Id @Column(name="ID")
    private Long id;

    private @Column(name="NAME", nullable=false, unique=true) String name;

    //Other properties and associations...
}

@Entity(name="CONFIGURATION")
public class Configuration {

    @Id @GeneratedValue @Column(name="ID")
    private Long id;
    private @Column(name="NAME", nullable=false, unique=true) String name;

    @ManyToMany
    @JoinTable(
        name="CONFIGURATION_NODE",
        joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name="CONFIGURATION_ID", nullable=false),
        inverseJoinColumns=@JoinColumn(name="NODE_ID", nullable=false))
    private Set<Node> nodes = new HashSet<Node> ();

    public void addNode(Node node) {

        this.nodes.add(node);
    }
}

• Hibernate的二级缓存是否适用于此,如果适用,我该如何配置它?
• 如果没有,还有其他Hibernate功能可以在这里使用吗?