Description of problem: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.hibernate.bytecode.instrumentation.spi.LazyPropertyInitializer$1 cannot be cast to [B at org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.PrimitiveByteArrayTypeDescriptor.areEqual(PrimitiveByteArrayTypeDescriptor.java:42) at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.isEqual(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:209) at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.getReplacement(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:102) at org.hibernate.type.AbstractStandardBasicType.replace(AbstractStandardBasicType.java:353) at org.hibernate.type.TypeHelper.replace(TypeHelper.java:177) at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.copyValues(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:401) at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsDetached(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:338) at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:180) at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:86) at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:833) at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:817) at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:821) at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.merge(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:889) at org.jboss.as.jpa.container.AbstractEntityManager.merge(AbstractEntityManager.java:548) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Consistently Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load an entity that has @Lob @Column.... @Basic(fetch = FetchType.LAZY) 2. Clear the session cache 3. Merge the entity Actual results: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.hibernate.bytecode.instrumentation.spi.LazyPropertyInitializer$1 cannot be cast to [B Expected results: Merge should work Additional info: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-5255
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