diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb1faf64466d52e17667e5953b9a0e76905c7afc..159e1ce5760ce5eb2eb33962bedb5c1de0291990 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 * Expose git information with Spring Boot’s Actuator ([Blog](https://rieckpil.de/howto-expose-git-information-with-spring-boots-actuator/), [Sources](https://github.com/rieckpil/blog-tutorials/tree/master/expose-git-information-actuator))
 * Write Spring Boot integration tests with a ‘real’ database ([Blog](https://rieckpil.de/howto-write-spring-boot-integration-tests-with-a-real-database/), [Sources](https://github.com/rieckpil/blog-tutorials/tree/master/testcontainers))
 * Avoid repeating attributes in JPA entities ([Blog](https://rieckpil.de/howto-avoid-repeating-attributes-in-jpa-entities/), [Sources](https://github.com/rieckpil/blog-tutorials/tree/master/avoid-repeating-attributes-in-jpa-entities))
+* Lazy Loading of JPA attributes with Hibernate([Blog](https://rieckpil.de/how-to-lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/), [Sources](https://github.com/rieckpil/blog-tutorials/tree/master/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate))
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diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.gitignore b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82eca336e352c9026decda294ff678968050edfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/build/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
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diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9cc84ea9b4d95453115d0c26488d6a78694e0bc6
Binary files /dev/null and b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b573bb50d56e8c19282593cbf5b081e211923a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.3/apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/README.md b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45b75585439ed8ce8d1ee54fbca815ba287ea166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Codebase for the blog post [#HOWTO: Lazy Loading of JPA attributes with Hibernate](https://rieckpil.de/how-to-lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/)
+
+Steps to run this project:
+
+1. Clone this Git repository
+2. Navigate to the folder `lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate`
+3. Build the project with `mvn clean package`
+4. Run this project with `mvn spring-boot:run` and have a look at the console logs
+5. Optional: Visit the H2 console at `http://localhost:8080/h2-console` (JDBC Url for the login form is: `jdbc:h2:mem:testdb`)
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diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5bf251c0774593ca4f5335acf0f7483eaa162e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+#   JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+#   M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+#   MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+#     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+#       set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+#   MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
+
+  if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+    . /etc/mavenrc
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+    . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+  ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+  PRG="$0"
+
+  # need this for relative symlinks
+  while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+      PRG="$link"
+    else
+      PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  saveddir=`pwd`
+
+  M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+  # make it fully qualified
+  M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+  cd "$saveddir"
+  # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+  javaExecutable="`which javac`"
+  if [ -n "$javaExecutable" ] && ! [ "`expr \"$javaExecutable\" : '\([^ ]*\)'`" = "no" ]; then
+    # readlink(1) is not available as standard on Solaris 10.
+    readLink=`which readlink`
+    if [ ! `expr "$readLink" : '\([^ ]*\)'` = "no" ]; then
+      if $darwin ; then
+        javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+        javaExecutable="`cd \"$javaHome\" && pwd -P`/javac"
+      else
+        javaExecutable="`readlink -f \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+      fi
+      javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+      javaHome=`expr "$javaHome" : '\(.*\)/bin'`
+      JAVA_HOME="$javaHome"
+      export JAVA_HOME
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD="`which java`"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." >&2
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
+# first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
+find_maven_basedir() {
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
+  while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
+    if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
+      basedir=$wdir
+      break
+    fi
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
+  done
+  echo "${basedir}"
+}
+
+# concatenates all lines of a file
+concat_lines() {
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    echo "$(tr -s '\n' ' ' < "$1")"
+  fi
+}
+
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
+
+WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+  $MAVEN_OPTS \
+  -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
+  "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw.cmd b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..019bd74d766ebd4c033528112148d866555b5c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/mvnw.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/pom.xml b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8bab8ce881ebff787e0c9cdf9c00ab71f0cb4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>de.rieckpil.blog</groupId>
+    <artifactId>lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate</name>
+    <description>Sample project for Lazy Loading of JPA attributes with Hibernate</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.hibernate.orm.tooling</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <failOnError>true</failOnError>
+                            <enableLazyInitialization>true</enableLazyInitialization>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enhance</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUpload.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUpload.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3acd60dfc3fb747008fd8ef29e300aa1774e07cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUpload.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CreationTimestamp;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+
+@Data // Lombok annotation to generate constructor/getter/setter...
+@Entity
+public class FileUpload {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String fileName;
+
+    private String fileType;
+
+    @Lob
+    @Basic(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
+    private byte[] fileContent;
+
+    @CreationTimestamp // Hibernate annotation
+    private LocalDateTime uploadedAt;
+}
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUploadRepository.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUploadRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db92efb1de8a3cfcf9c4a0d7415b255bab7dd52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/FileUploadRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+
+public interface FileUploadRepository extends JpaRepository<FileUpload, Long> {
+}
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplication.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e92843d5bd9bdf575935daac9e58b71173c0a82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/ReadFileOnStartup.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/ReadFileOnStartup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38763b0c0fde76025891956acd49f6b2163df238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/ReadFileOnStartup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+
+@Component
+@Order(2)
+@Slf4j
+public class ReadFileOnStartup implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    @PersistenceContext
+    private EntityManager entityManager;
+
+    @Transactional
+    @Override
+    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
+
+        log.info("--- Loading file from database");
+
+        FileUpload allFileUploads = entityManager.find(FileUpload.class, 1L);
+
+        log.info("--- File successfully loaded from database");
+
+        log.info("--- Accessing fileContent");
+
+        byte[] content = allFileUploads.getFileContent();
+
+        log.info("--- the file has: " + content.length + " bytes");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/StoreFileOnStartup.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/StoreFileOnStartup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2b6be6b542b7156e339e69147f3f36610731ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/StoreFileOnStartup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+@Component
+@Order(1)
+@Slf4j
+public class StoreFileOnStartup implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    @PersistenceContext
+    private EntityManager entityManager;
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
+
+        File file = new File(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("application.properties").getFile());
+        byte[] fileBytes = new byte[(int) file.length()];
+        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+        fis.read(fileBytes);
+
+        FileUpload fileUpload = new FileUpload();
+        fileUpload.setFileName(file.getName());
+        fileUpload.setFileType("Property file");
+        fileUpload.setFileContent(fileBytes);
+
+        entityManager.persist(fileUpload);
+        entityManager.flush();
+
+        log.info("--- File successfully stored to the database");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/resources/application.properties b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3716a871b09d66633b14ff90ae4ffc2200649c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+spring.h2.console.enabled=true
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/test/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplicationTests.java b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/test/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4f64a748bfbcf9196866e0741822453eef01317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lazy-loading-of-jpa-attributes-with-hibernate/src/test/java/de/rieckpil/blog/lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate/LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package de.rieckpil.blog.lazyloadingofjpaattributeswithhibernate;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class LazyLoadingOfJpaAttributesWithHibernateApplicationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void contextLoads() {
+    }
+
+}