It can be done w/ lazy property fetching. See
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/reference/en/html_single/#performance-fetching-lazyproperties
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Hibernate3 supports the lazy fetching of individual properties. This optimization technique is also known as fetch groups...
Lazy property loading requires buildtime bytecode instrumentation! If your persistent classes are not enhanced, Hibernate will silently ignore lazy property settings and fall back to immediate fetching.
For bytecode instrumentation, use the following Ant task...