[java] failed to lazily initialize a collection of role

Lazy exceptions occur when you fetch an object typically containing a collection which is lazily loaded, and try to access that collection.

You can avoid this problem by

  • accessing the lazy collection within a transaction.
  • Initalizing the collection using Hibernate.initialize(obj);
  • Fetch the collection in another transaction
  • Use Fetch profiles to select lazy/non-lazy fetching runtime
  • Set fetch to non-lazy (which is generally not recommended)

Further I would recommend looking at the related links to your right where this question has been answered many times before. Also see Hibernate lazy-load application design.