That means that only "loaded" fields are included in the detached graph-
Try setting openjpa.DetachState = fetchch-groups(DetachedStateField=xxx) Where xxx is: true - of your client has access to enhanced obejcts and the openJpa lib's Transient - otherwise .... Cheers, john > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Marc Logemann [mailto:l...@logemann.org] > Gesendet: Freitag, 24. August 2012 11:55 > An: users@openjpa.apache.org > Betreff: Re: update null relation on merge() > > i have not configured a detachState somewhere, so i guess its > the default... > > --- > regards > Marc Logemann > http://www.logemann.org > http://www.logentis.de > > > > > Am 24.08.2012 um 11:50 schrieb Boblitz John > <john.bobl...@bertschi.com>: > > > Which detached state are you using? > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Marc Logemann [mailto:l...@logemann.org] > >> Gesendet: Freitag, 24. August 2012 11:43 > >> An: users@openjpa.apache.org > >> Betreff: Re: update null relation on merge() > >> > >> 1:1 relations are eager by default.... And eager could be only a > >> loading issue. I have a "merge" issue here. > >> > >> --- > >> regards > >> Marc Logemann > >> http://www.logemann.org > >> http://www.logentis.de > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 24.08.2012 um 11:28 schrieb Boblitz John > >> <john.bobl...@bertschi.com>: > >> > >>> Good Morning, > >>> > >>> I had this often and one solution is to set the FetchType > >> to EAGER for > >>> the Relationship. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>>> Von: Marc Logemann [mailto:m...@logemann.org] > >>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 24. August 2012 11:17 > >>>> An: users@openjpa.apache.org > >>>> Betreff: update null relation on merge() > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> i am facing something like described here: > >>>> > >>>> http://openjpa.208410.n2.nabble.com/null-values-not-updating-t > >>>> d3224059.html > >>>> > >>>> We get a JSON graph from frontend, let Spring > deserialize it to a > >>>> java object (with OID set) and want to change the existing > >> object in > >>>> the db. This works for simple attribtues likes Strings and > >> so but not > >>>> for 1:1 relations. If we set it to "null" in the frontend, > >> we want to > >>>> change the 1:1 relation to null. Instead it leaves the 1:1 > >> relations > >>>> untouched with the old object reference in it. > >>>> > >>>> The OpenJPA docs once said: "When attaching null fields in these > >>>> cases, OpenJPA cannot distinguish between a field that was > >> unloaded > >>>> and one that was intentionally set to null. In this > case, OpenJPA > >>>> will use the current detach state setting to determine how > >> to handle > >>>> null fields: fields that would have been included in the > detached > >>>> state are treated as loaded, and will in turn set the > >> corresponding > >>>> attached field to null." > >>>> > >>>> At this point i dont know what to do. Spring knows its detached > >>>> because we submit our @Id Field => OID with a valid and existant > >>>> value but the merge itself just ignores null values for > >> 1:1 relations > >>>> and leaves them as they were. Is there any sensible way to tell > >>>> OpenJPA to merge "null" > >>>> relations differently? > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> regards > >>>> Marc Logemann > >>>> http://www.logemann.org > >>>> http://www.logentis.de > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >