<class name="Event" table="event">
  <id name="oid" type="long" column="oid">
  <generator class="increment">
     <param name="initial_value">1</param>
  </generator>
  </id>
<property name="address">
  <column name="address"/>
</property>
<property name="date">
   <column name="date"/>
</property>
  <list name="fights" cascade="all">
          <key column="eventOid"></key>
          <index column="type"></index>
          <one-to-many class="Fight"/>
 </list>
</class>

public Event getEvtByDateAddress(String _date, String _address)
{
    try
    {
        if(!session.isOpen())
        {
            session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession();
        }
        session.beginTransaction();
        Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(Event.class);
        criteria.add(Restrictions.eq("date", _date));
        criteria.add(Restrictions.eq("address", _address));
        Event evt = (Event)criteria.uniqueResult();
        if (evt==null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        else
        {
            return evt;
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        return null;
    }
}

public int updateEvent(Event _event)
{
    try
    {
        if(!session.isOpen())
        {
            session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession();
        }
        Event tmpEvent=new Event();
        if((tmpEvent=this.getEvtByDateAddress(_event.getDate(), _event.getAddress()))!=null)
        {
            tmpEvent.setFights(_event.getFights());
            Transaction tx =session.beginTransaction();
            session.update(tmpEvent);
            session.flush();
            tx.commit();
            session.close();
            return 0;
        }
        else
        {
            return -1;
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        return -254;
    }
}

oid boxer1Oid   boxer2Oid   eventOid    type
  1         1           3         N    N
  2         2           4         N    N
  3         5           6         N    N
  4         7           8         N    N
  5         1           2          1    0
  6         3           4          1    1
  7         5           6          1    2
  8         7           8          1    3

oid boxer1Oid   boxer2Oid   eventOid    type
  1         1           2          1     0
  2         3           4          1     1
  3         5           6          1     2
  4         7           8          1     3

if((tmpEvent=this.getEvtByDateAddress(_event.getDate(),_event.getAddress()))!=null)

            tmpEvent.setFights(_event.getFights());
            -------
            session.update(tmpEvent);