> Therefore, I'd like to kindly ask for a spec change: > JDOHelper.makeDirty(...) and the corresponding > PersistenceCapable.jdoMakeDirty(...) should work with detached objects > as well.
+1 but "JDOHelper.makeDirty(...) and the corresponding PersistenceCapable.jdoMakeDirty(...) should work with detached objects where the specified field is loaded in the detached object" since if the field is not loaded it makes no sense to mark it as dirty yet not have a new value ;-) -- Andy (Java Persistent Objects - http://www.jpox.org)
