title: Even with LAZY Fetch Strategy child object is populated (Spring Data / Hibernate)
body: <p>I'm unsure how to explain the following: My table has a self-referential pointer to another row within the same table by ID, e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Entity  
  @Table(name = "questions_t", schema = "public")
  public class QuestionsT implements java.io.Serializable {
  
       private QuestionsT relatedQuestion;
  
       //...
       @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
       @JoinColumn(name = "related_question_id")
       public QuestionsT getRelatedQuestion() {
               return relatedQuestion;
       }
   }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>The Fetch Strategy is FetchType.LAZY</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>But nonetheless, after getting a list of initial Questions in my app, if I do this</p>
  
  <pre><code>question.getRelatedQuestion().getSomeProperty()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the property of a related question comes back correct and filled-out. This is not what I expected with LAZY. I expected that the original Question object's Parent Question would have a minimally filled out body (maybe with just the ID), but any further info about the Related Question (a child object) would require an extra manual fetch. </p>
  
  <p>I see that when I execute the get Property, Hibernate does 1 Select behind the scenes -- is that automatic?</p>