Complete Guide to JPA Entity Lifecycle
What is Entity Lifecycle In JPA (Java Persistence API), the entity lifecycle refers to the series of state changes an entity object goes through from creation to destruction. This concept was first defined in the JPA 1.0 specification released with Java EE 5 in 2006, designed around the persistence context that standardized Hibernate’s Session concept. Entities are classified into four states based on whether they are managed by the persistence context and their synchronization status with the database: Transient, Managed, Detached, and Removed. Each state transitions through EntityManager methods such as persist(), merge(), detach(), and remove(). ...