EntityManager.refresh() works only on managed entities.

[catchsandeepvaid]

Why can't EntityManager.refresh() work on detatched entities? Any reason behind this ?

[wolfgangknauf]

Hi,

you might better ask this in some EJB spec forum ;-).
The spec/JavaDoc at http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/persistence/EntityManager.html#refresh%28java.lang.Object%29 explicitely states:

...
Throws:
 IllegalArgumentException - if not an entity or entity is not managed
 ...

To refresh a detached entity, you have to use "find" or "getReference".

Best regards

Wolfgang

[catchsandeepvaid]

I am just trying to figure out why such a constraint.
Well i personally don;t see any complexity in refreshing entity graph using PK. As the PK is intact in detached instances, we can always load(refresh) the entity graph.