Java CLOB and BLOB to Actionscript VO

The Data Services backend is Java, Hibernate, and JBoss. I have a table with a column that is a CLOB (character large object). In Java the datatype is mapped to a java.sql.Clob and is easily accessible from Java code. How do I transfer the Clob data to the Flex Actionscript Value Object equivalent? I've set the data type of the attribute to String and Object in the Actionscript VO but all I get from Flex Data Services is a references to a managed object. No translation to a primitive type is automatically done. What am I missing?

Same question goes for BLOBs.

Thanks for the help!