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adrift
adrift

Reputation: 637

EJB/JPA: How to use EntityManager.persist() to always INSERT a new record, not update

EntityManager.persist() function is trying to update a existing record, but I always need to insert a new one. How to achieve this?

Part of Entity bean:

@Entity
@Table(name="SYNC_TRIGGER", schema="ETL")
public class SyncTrigger implements Serializable {

    @Id
    @Column(name="ID")
    @SequenceGenerator(name = "TRIGGER_SEQ", sequenceName = "ETL.TRIGGER_SEQ")
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "TRIGGER_SEQ")
    private Long triggerId;
......

Part of Stateless bean, which persists the record:

@Stateless
public class TriggerPersister {

    @PersistenceContext(unitName="syncTriggerDS") 
    protected EntityManager entityManager;

    public <T extends GenericTrigger> void persistTrigger(SyncTrigger 
            st, T concreteTrigger){

            entityManager.persist(st);
.........

UPD: Before entityManager.persist(st) is executed st.triggerId value is null, but after - id of previously added record is assigned to this field.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2858

Answers (1)

ftr
ftr

Reputation: 2145

EntityManager.persist() always tries to create a new managed object. It throws an EntityExistsException if you call it on an already managed entity.

You'd have to use merge() for updates.

See the javadoc for both methods.

Upvotes: 3

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