hi!

i have an application which uses java beans and hibernate to store the data.
btw: hibernate is running fine - it's great!

but now i have to send some date via xml to a client - which is no problem.
sometimes the client is sending a changed object back - and here starts the problem:

i want to update all the changed objects BUT i never get the whole object-graph back (some references are not initialized, they are null). with i just a saveOrUpdate it lose alle these null un-initialized references :-(

a can't controll the whole saveOrUpdate with the cascade setting because the object graphs have never the same depht.

.... and here is my question:
- is there a common way i could not find in the docs/forum or google?
- do i have to write a "RemoteSyncUtil" for every POJO?
- am i too stupid for hibernate?

p.s.: i have read the manual :-) and i'm using hibernate 2.1.4

Well I would load the previous state and automagically fill the new values. This is usually application specific to consider null as null or as end of graph

this means i have to write a util (or manager) class which takes care to copy every property. or i use a reflection copy tool.

thanks for your response!