The org.modeshape.jcr.JcrNode.getNodes(String) method returns an invalid iterator when the session is not saved yet

You will find an example below that demonstrates the problem: public class TestModeShape extends org.modeshape.test.ModeShapeSingleUseTest { @Test public void testGetNodesMethod() throws Exception { Node jcrRootNode = ((Session) session).getRootNode(); Node rootNode = jcrRootNode.addNode( "mapSuperclassTest" ); Node newNode = rootNode.addNode( "newNode" ); NodeIterator nodeIterator = rootNode.getNodes( "myMap" ); // Gets all child nodes that match 'myMap' assertTrue(nodeIterator.hasNext()); // It's not correct ! there should be an empty iterator ! assertEquals(newNode.getName(), nodeIterator.nextNode().getName()); // The next node is 'newNode' session.save(); nodeIterator = rootNode.getNodes( "myMap" ); assertFalse(nodeIterator.hasNext()); // It's correct after saving } } --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will find the unit test that is expected : public class TestModeShape extends org.modeshape.test.ModeShapeSingleUseTest { @Test public void testGetNodesMethod() throws Exception { Node jcrRootNode = ((Session) session).getRootNode(); Node rootNode = jcrRootNode.addNode( "mapSuperclassTest" ); Node newNode = rootNode.addNode( "newNode" ); NodeIterator nodeIterator = rootNode.getNodes( "myMap" ); assertFalse(nodeIterator.hasNext()); session.save(); nodeIterator = rootNode.getNodes( "myMap" ); assertFalse(nodeIterator.hasNext()); } }