Just to make sure - you are POSTing the object back to the action and THEN merging the entity correct? Not just calling the merge function in the action from the page? Sorry, I had to ask because it sort of sounds like that is what you are saying. I am using Struts2 and JPA and I routinely post objects (entities) to an action and use merge to update the entity.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Christoph Nenning < christoph.nenn...@lex-com.net> wrote: > > > > Christoph I understand why this happens, I was simply asking if there > was a > > better way to do this using some struts session magic or such. Seems > there > > isn't so I'll just do it the old long winded way. > > > > If you want to store attached entities in session you can make your > actions SessionAware: > http://struts.apache.org/docs/http-session.html > > Of course that means you introduce state on your server which causes lots > of problems. > > > If you want to keep your app stateless struts can help you with loading > and updating entities via the "paramsPrepareParamsStack". > > You can read a little about it here: > http://struts.apache.org/docs/interceptors.html > > > > Regards, > Christoph > > > > This Email was scanned by Sophos Anti Virus >