"reubenf" wrote : I think the problem is as follows: With lazy loading, objects are not loaded until referenced. Until then, references are to proxy objects. So, since all loads need to be done in the context of a session, if you load a parent object and never reference the child object until after the session has been closed, you will get a lazy initialization exception Yes, i've realized that before.... but there is no way to configure the container in order to work with lazy load without problems? Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989344#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...