Getting original entity while changing through hibernate

[graben]

Hi,

I use FlushModeType.MANUAL for my conversation methods to buffer changes to my entities. This way I have the possibility to cancel operations without due to rollback. But if want to make a backup of the original entity while/before flushing to the database with entityManager.flush() I need the unedited orginal entity version. How do I get it from database without deleting my done changes? Tried entityManager.find() without success! entityManager.refresh() seems to override my changes.

Thanks for help!

Greets Benjamin

[pmuir]

You need to use a second persistence context.