LazyInitializationException when using ElementCollection in Play framework

Question

I have an User entity in my applications set of models that is defined as follows:

public class User extends Model {

    private String name;

    private b         


        

Answer 1

If you don't want to change from lazy load to eager, you have another option: merge.

User u = User.connect(username);
u.merge();

Merge will take an object that is disconnected from the session and reconnect it.

For example, if you cache an object (in this case an instance of User) you cannot retrieve the user object's mirrors without first using .merge() on the object.