JPA - Removed Instance

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A managed entity instance becomes removed by:

• invoking the remove method on it
• or by cascading the remove operation.

If X is a:

• new entity, it is ignored by the remove operation. However, the remove operation is cascaded to entities referenced by X, if the relationship from X to these other entities is annotated with the cascade=REMOVE or cascade=ALL annotation element value.
• managed entity, the remove operation causes it to become removed. The remove operation is cascaded to entities referenced by X, if the relationships from X to these other entities is annotated with the cascade=REMOVE or cascade=ALL annotation element value.
• detached entity, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown by the remove operation (or the transaction commit will fail).
• removed entity, it is ignored by the remove operation.

A removed entity X will be removed from the database:

• at or before transaction commit
• or as a result of the flush operation.

After an entity has been removed, its state (except for generated state) will be that of the entity at the point at which the remove operation was called.

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Documentation / Reference

• 3.2.3 Removal from the specifications