Despite of `FetchType.EAGER` and `JOIN FETCH`, I get a `LazyInitalizationException` while adding some objects to a `@ManyToMany` collection via a JSF `UISelectMany` component such as in my case the `<p:selectManyMenu>`.

The `@Entity IdentUser`, with `FetchType.EAGER`:

```
@Column(name = "EMPLOYERS")
@ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER, cascade= CascadeType.ALL)
@JoinTable(name = "USER_COMPANY", joinColumns = { @JoinColumn(name = "USER_ID") }, inverseJoinColumns = { @JoinColumn(name = "COMPANY_ID") })
private Set<Company> employers = new HashSet<Company>();

```

The `@Entity Company`, with `FetchType.EAGER`:

```
@ManyToMany(mappedBy="employers", fetch=FetchType.EAGER)
private List<IdentUser> employee;

```

The JPQL, with `JOIN FETCH`:

```
public List<IdentUser> getAllUsers() {
    return this.em.createQuery("from IdentUser u LEFT JOIN FETCH u.employers WHERE u.enabled = 1 AND u.accountNonLocked=0 ").getResultList();
}

```

The JSF `UISelectMany` component causing the exception while submitting: 

```
<p:selectManyMenu value="#{bean.user.employers}" converter="#{entityConverter}">
    <f:selectItems value="#{bean.companies}" var="company" itemValue="#{company}" itemLabel="#{company.name}"/>
</p:selectManyMenu>

```

The relevant part of the stack trace:

```
org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failed to lazily initialize a collection, could not initialize proxy - no Session
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.throwLazyInitializationException(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:566)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.withTemporarySessionIfNeeded(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:186)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.initialize(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:545)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.PersistentSet.add(PersistentSet.java:206)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.convertSelectManyValuesForModel(MenuRenderer.java:382)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.convertSelectManyValue(MenuRenderer.java:129)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.getConvertedValue(MenuRenderer.java:315)
    at org.primefaces.component.selectmanymenu.SelectManyMenuRenderer.getConvertedValue(SelectManyMenuRenderer.java:37)
    ...

```

How is this caused and how can I solve it?