Trataré de explicarlo utilizando un ejemplo más concreto. Suponga que tiene un escenario, como a continuación:
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();
User userA = (User)session.get(User.class, 1101);
transaction.commit();
session.close();
// Since session is closed, userA is detached.
session = sessionFactory.openSession();
transaction = session.beginTransaction();
User userB = (User)session.get(User.class, 1101);
//Now here, userB represents the same persistent row as userA.
//When an attempt to reattach userA occurs, an exception is thrown
session.update(userA);
transaction.commit();
session.close();
excepción cuando, se hace un intento de volver a colocar un objeto independiente userA.
Exception in thread "main" org.hibernate.NonUniqueObjectException: a
different object with the same identifier value was already associated
with the session:
This is because Hibernate is enforcing that only a single instance of a Persistent object exists in memory.
Para evitar el problema anterior, fusionar() se utiliza, como se muestra a continuación:
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();
User userA = (User)session.get(User.class, 1101);
transaction.commit();
session.close();
//userA is now detached as session is closed.
session = sessionFactory.openSession();
transaction = session.beginTransaction();
User userB = (User)session.get(User.class, 1101);
User userC = (User)session.merge(userA);
if (userB == userC) {
System.out.println("Reattched user is equal");
}
transaction.commit();
session.close();
Este enlace puede ser útil: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ 161224/what-are-the-differences-between-the-different-saving-methods-in-hibernate – Gaurav