Update an object

Question

Post Author: kctraceys
CA Forum: Administration
I have two copies of a report.  One that is on the server and another that has been modified and it is now ready to be put into production.  I have two issues.
1)  I don't see anywhere that I can just update the object to include the modified report.
2)  If I remove the object and try to create a new one it tells me I can't because it already exists?

Answer 1

There is a bit of code missing from you example that would help me determine what you are trying to do. I suspect you are trying to do something like this:
List objects=sess.readAllObjects(clazz);
o = objects.get(i); // where i is the index of the object I am interested in
o.setBlah(...);
update(o, sess);
The Object must be modified after it has been registered with the Unit Of Work. Registering the object with the Unit Of Work is like begining an object level transaction, giving you a transactional copy of the object to work on. Something like:
List objects=sess.readAllObjects(clazz);
unitOfWork = session.acquireUnitOfWork();
o = (Cast)unitOfWork.registerObject(objects.get(i));
o.setBlah(...);
unitOfWork.commit();
Note how I am not using the mergeClone(..) api that you were using. That API is for use when the object is serialized (or otherwise copied) between the session read and the registration with the unit of work.
Peter