what is the difference between Hibernate.initialize and eager fetching

Question

Why I can't use EAGER fetching for the same purpose

Answer 1

You can use EAGER fetching to obtain the same result, at the end. But this means things will be always eagerly loaded (vs when you just need to). Is this what you want?

References

• Hibernate Core Reference Guide
  • 20.1.4. Initializing collections and proxies