ic type. A <code>Lob</code> may
 be either a binary or character type.

 <p> The <code>Lob</code> type is inferred from the type of the 
 persistent field or property, and except for string and 
 character-based types defaults to Blob.
 <pre>

   Example 1:

   &#064;Lob &#064;Basic(fetch=LAZY)
   &#064;Column(name="REPORT")
   protected String report;

   Example 2:

   &#064;Lob &#064;Basic(fetch=LAZY)
   &#064;Column(name="EMP_PIC", columnDefinition="BLOB NOT NULL")
   protected byte[] pic;

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