Brice LEPORINI As far as the example, what does @Lob and an integer in the db "mean"?

@Convert(converter = MyConverter.class)
@Lob
private String status;

Says that we have a String in the Java model, a java.sql.Types#INTEGER in the db model and that the java.sql.Types#INTEGER should be treated as a LOB. But I have no idea what that last part means.