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Posted to users@openjpa.apache.org by Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org> on 2008/04/07 14:09:02 UTC
persisting an entity and JPA behaviour with referenced entities
I've got an issue with the persist operation, when I use a detached entity as
one of the entity's referenced entities.
OpenJPA throws the
org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityExistsException: Attempt to persist
detached object
"org.apache.openjpa.enhance.org$permacode$atomictest$domain$Genus$pcsubclass@1c527be".
The situation is this: my MVC layer has received a new entity which it must
create. The parent entity for this is found in a cache, in a detached state.
What I'd like to know, is why is JPA forcing me to merge this detached entity
before allowing me to persist the new child?
It means I can't use the cache, or I have to program the DAO to merge all
referenced entities. This latter option seems like a job that JPA should be
doing. JPA knows this parent is a detached entity, so why can't it merge the
managed entity?
I can't see any text in the EJB spec that would mandate this behaviour, yet
Hibernate does it too.
Regards
Adam
Re: persisting an entity and JPA behaviour with referenced entities
Posted by Michael Dick <mi...@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
If you call merge on a new entity it will act identically to persist - ie
we'll generate an insert statement instead of an update. Unless OpenJPA
detects a matching row in the database in which case we'll update that row.
hth
-Mike
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org>
wrote:
> So theoretically, a merge will also persist?
>
> Actually I started out this project assuming it would, but because it has
> to work with TopLink as well OpenJPA, I stopped using merge() when I came
> across a bug in the TopLink implementation.
>
> But TopLink aside, thanks for the reminder.
>
>
>
>
> Michael Dick on 07/04/08 17:06, wrote:
>
> > It looks like the persist is being cascaded to the detached entity. If
> > that's the case then we're throwing the exception per these bullets in
> > the
> > JPA spec :
> >
> > 3.2.1 Persisting an Entity Instance
> > A new entity instance becomes both managed and persistent by invoking
> > the
> > persist method on it or
> > by cascading the persist operation.
> > The semantics of the persist operation, applied to an entity X are as
> > follows:
> > <snip>
> > • If X is a detached object, the EntityExistsException may be thrown
> > when the persist
> > operation is invoked, or the EntityExistsException or another
> > PersistenceException
> > may be thrown at flush or commit time.
> > • For all entities Y referenced by a relationship from X, if the
> > relationship to Y has been annotated
> > with the cascade element value cascade=PERSIST or cascade=ALL, the
> > persist
> > operation is applied to Y.
> >
> > If you were to merge the new entity instead of persisting it then the
> > merge
> > action would be cascaded to the parent entity. It would become managed,
> > but
> > that might be one way to resolve the issue you're hitting.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I've got an issue with the persist operation, when I use a detached
> > > entity
> > > as one of the entity's referenced entities.
> > >
> > > OpenJPA throws the
> > > org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityExistsException: Attempt to
> > > persist
> > > detached object
> > >
> > > "org.apache.openjpa.enhance.org$permacode$atomictest$domain$Genus$pcsubclass@1c527be
> > > ".
> > >
> > > The situation is this: my MVC layer has received a new entity which it
> > > must create. The parent entity for this is found in a cache, in a
> > > detached
> > > state.
> > >
> > > What I'd like to know, is why is JPA forcing me to merge this detached
> > > entity before allowing me to persist the new child?
> > >
> > > It means I can't use the cache, or I have to program the DAO to merge
> > > all
> > > referenced entities. This latter option seems like a job that JPA
> > > should be
> > > doing. JPA knows this parent is a detached entity, so why can't it
> > > merge the
> > > managed entity?
> > >
> > > I can't see any text in the EJB spec that would mandate this
> > > behaviour,
> > > yet Hibernate does it too.
> > >
> >
>
Re: persisting an entity and JPA behaviour with referenced entities
Posted by Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org>.
So theoretically, a merge will also persist?
Actually I started out this project assuming it would, but because it has to
work with TopLink as well OpenJPA, I stopped using merge() when I came across a
bug in the TopLink implementation.
But TopLink aside, thanks for the reminder.
Michael Dick on 07/04/08 17:06, wrote:
> It looks like the persist is being cascaded to the detached entity. If
> that's the case then we're throwing the exception per these bullets in the
> JPA spec :
>
> 3.2.1 Persisting an Entity Instance
> A new entity instance becomes both managed and persistent by invoking the
> persist method on it or
> by cascading the persist operation.
> The semantics of the persist operation, applied to an entity X are as
> follows:
> <snip>
> • If X is a detached object, the EntityExistsException may be thrown
> when the persist
> operation is invoked, or the EntityExistsException or another
> PersistenceException
> may be thrown at flush or commit time.
> • For all entities Y referenced by a relationship from X, if the
> relationship to Y has been annotated
> with the cascade element value cascade=PERSIST or cascade=ALL, the persist
> operation is applied to Y.
>
> If you were to merge the new entity instead of persisting it then the merge
> action would be cascaded to the parent entity. It would become managed, but
> that might be one way to resolve the issue you're hitting.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I've got an issue with the persist operation, when I use a detached entity
>> as one of the entity's referenced entities.
>>
>> OpenJPA throws the
>> org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityExistsException: Attempt to persist
>> detached object
>> "org.apache.openjpa.enhance.org$permacode$atomictest$domain$Genus$pcsubclass@1c527be
>> ".
>>
>> The situation is this: my MVC layer has received a new entity which it
>> must create. The parent entity for this is found in a cache, in a detached
>> state.
>>
>> What I'd like to know, is why is JPA forcing me to merge this detached
>> entity before allowing me to persist the new child?
>>
>> It means I can't use the cache, or I have to program the DAO to merge all
>> referenced entities. This latter option seems like a job that JPA should be
>> doing. JPA knows this parent is a detached entity, so why can't it merge the
>> managed entity?
>>
>> I can't see any text in the EJB spec that would mandate this behaviour,
>> yet Hibernate does it too.
Re: persisting an entity and JPA behaviour with referenced entities
Posted by Michael Dick <mi...@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
It looks like the persist is being cascaded to the detached entity. If
that's the case then we're throwing the exception per these bullets in the
JPA spec :
3.2.1 Persisting an Entity Instance
A new entity instance becomes both managed and persistent by invoking the
persist method on it or
by cascading the persist operation.
The semantics of the persist operation, applied to an entity X are as
follows:
<snip>
• If X is a detached object, the EntityExistsException may be thrown
when the persist
operation is invoked, or the EntityExistsException or another
PersistenceException
may be thrown at flush or commit time.
• For all entities Y referenced by a relationship from X, if the
relationship to Y has been annotated
with the cascade element value cascade=PERSIST or cascade=ALL, the persist
operation is applied to Y.
If you were to merge the new entity instead of persisting it then the merge
action would be cascaded to the parent entity. It would become managed, but
that might be one way to resolve the issue you're hitting.
-Mike
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Adam Hardy <ad...@cyberspaceroad.org>
wrote:
> I've got an issue with the persist operation, when I use a detached entity
> as one of the entity's referenced entities.
>
> OpenJPA throws the
> org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityExistsException: Attempt to persist
> detached object
> "org.apache.openjpa.enhance.org$permacode$atomictest$domain$Genus$pcsubclass@1c527be
> ".
>
> The situation is this: my MVC layer has received a new entity which it
> must create. The parent entity for this is found in a cache, in a detached
> state.
>
> What I'd like to know, is why is JPA forcing me to merge this detached
> entity before allowing me to persist the new child?
>
> It means I can't use the cache, or I have to program the DAO to merge all
> referenced entities. This latter option seems like a job that JPA should be
> doing. JPA knows this parent is a detached entity, so why can't it merge the
> managed entity?
>
> I can't see any text in the EJB spec that would mandate this behaviour,
> yet Hibernate does it too.
>
> Regards
> Adam
>