How to solve the LazyInitializationException when using JPA and Hibernate
Hibernate 4.1.6 finally solves this issue: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-7457 You need to set the hibernate-property hibernate.enable_lazy_load_no_trans=true Here’s how to do it in Spring: <bean id=”entityManagerFactory” class=”org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean”> <property name=”dataSource” ref=”myDataSource”/> <property name=”packagesToScan” value=”com.mycompany.somepackage”/> <property name=”jpaVendorAdapter” ref=”hibernateVendorAdapter”/> <property name=”jpaDialect” ref=”jpaDialect”/> <property name=”jpaProperties”> <props> <prop key=”hibernate.enable_lazy_load_no_trans”>true</prop> </props> </property> </bean> Voila; Now you don’t have to worry about LazyInitializationException while navigating … Read more