@Entity
public class VitaxDatabaseUser implements Serializable {

    /**
     * Encrypts the given String.
     *
     * @param plainText
     *                the string to be encrypted
     * @return encrypted String
     */
    private static String encrypt(String plainText) {
   .....
    }

    /** The name of the user. */
    @Id
    private String name;

    /** The role of the given user */
    @Enumerated(value = EnumType.STRING)
    private DefinedRoles role;

    /** The password of the user */
    /* Encrypzted kann es evtl. auch länger als 255 Zeichen sein, daher @Lob */
    @Lob
    private String pass;

    /** For Hibernate only */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private VitaxDatabaseUser() {

    }

    public VitaxDatabaseUser(final String name, final DefinedRoles role, final String pass) {
   this.name = name;
   this.role = role;
   this.pass = encrypt(pass);
    }

    public String getName() {
   return this.name;
    }

    /**
     *
     * @return the encrypted password!
     */
    public String getPass() {
   return this.pass;
    }

    public DefinedRoles getRole() {
   return this.role;
    }

    /**
     * Compares an entered passwort with the stored one.
     *
     * @param plainPass
     * @return
     */
    public boolean passEquals(final String plainPass) {
   return this.pass.equals(encrypt(plainPass));
    }
}

final VitaxDatabaseUser user = new VitaxDatabaseUser(this.userNameTF.getName(),
         (DefinedRoles) this.levelCB.getSelectedItem(), userPassword);
      final Session s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
      final Transaction tx = s.beginTransaction();
      try {

          s.save(user);
          tx.commit();
      }
....

/** For Hibernate only */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private VitaxDatabaseUser() {

    }