JAXB+Hibernate=LazyInitializationException

[stanislav bashkirtsev]

I have mapped class that has lazy-fields. I retrieve object of this class from DB and close hibernate session. But I also use JAXB, that serializes object and tries to access the lazy collection. So I get LazyInitializationException.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks.

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
Possible approaches:
1. Use JAXB to serialize BEFORE you close the Hibernate session.
2. Make sure that Hibernate has loaded the entire object graph that is to be serialized by JAXB BEFORE closing the Hibernate session.
Best wishes!

[stanislav bashkirtsev]

Thanks, but both approaches are all about loading entire objects and I cannot do that - it is very expensive operation.

[michael cheung]

You can also use Beanlib (http://beanlib.sourceforge.net/) to convert the hibernate persistence pojo back to your own dto.